The Moravian Karst (Czech: Moravský kras) is a karst landscape and protected landscape area to the north of Brno in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It encompasses a number of notable geological features, including roughly 1100 caverns and gorges and covers an area of roughly 92 km2.[1]
Currently,[when?] five of the cave systems (Punkva Caves (discovered by Karel Absolon), Balcarka Cave, Kateřinská Cave, Výpustek Cave and Sloupsko-šošůvské Caves+Kůlna Cave) are open for public tours; another - Amatérská Cave, Býčí skála Cave or Stránská skála (out of the border) only for science exploration.
This region is also home to one of the most important single geological features in the Czech Republic, the Macocha Abyss, a gorge 138 m deep, which was formed when the ceiling of a cave chamber collapsed. Macocha Abyss is also the place where the Punkva River begins to run underground through the Punkva cave system, and two small pools of water are visible at the surface.
The Moravian Karst is a popular tourist attraction in the local area, and large numbers of tourists visit in the summer months. In addition to caverns, the protected landscape area contains well-marked bicycle trails and hiking paths to explore.
The MoravianKarst (Czech: Moravský kras) is a karst landscape and protected landscape area to the north of Brno in the South Moravian Region of the Czech...
Bohemian-Moravian Highlands (Czech: Českomoravská vrchovina) and the MoravianKarst. There is an extensive cave complex in the MoravianKarst with a 138...
(20,000), industrial town north from Brno, at the foot of the MoravianKarst The Moravians are generally a Slavic ethnic group who speak various (generally...
World Heritage Sites in 2001. One of the natural sights nearby is the MoravianKarst. The city is a member of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network and was...
propast Macocha), also known as the Macocha Gorge, is a sinkhole in the MoravianKarst cave system of the Czech Republic. The sinkhole is 138.5 metres (454 ft)...
South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 20,000 inhabitants. It lies on the Svitava River on the border of the MoravianKarst. It is...
islands in Croatia See also: list of caves in Croatia MoravianKarst, Czech Republic Bohemian Karst, Czech Republic Pyrenees Massif de Larra-Belagua, near...
proetid trilobite. Liobole was described from material found in the MoravianKarst. The species shown is from the lower carboniferous of SW England. Liobole...
near Stanton, Missouri, United States Mladeč Caves, Czech Republic MoravianKarst, near Blansko, Czech Republic Caves of Nahal Me'arot, Wadi el-Mughara...
Czech Republic, located near Hranice Macocha Gorge – a sinkhole in the MoravianKarst cave system Punkva Caves – a cave system north of Brno, near Blansko...
and prey from the Late Pleistocene hyena den of the Sloup Cave in the MoravianKarst, Czech Republic". Historical Biology. 24 (2): 161–185. doi:10.1080/08912963...
underground before emerging into the South China Sea The Punkva in MoravianKarst, Moravia, Czech Republic underground river flowing through cave system...
of Moravský kras (MoravianKarst) in the Moravia of what is now the Czech Republic. In 1907 he became the custodian of the Moravian museum in Brno and...
Karst Plateau, which has given its name to all such terrains of limestone eroded by groundwater. The Dinarides are known for being composed of karst –...
siphonodellids (Conodonta) of the lower Tournaisian from the Rhenish Massif and MoravianKarst (Germany and Czech Republic)". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie...
in South Moravia, Czech Republic. It is a Subterranean river in the MoravianKarst and a left tributary of the Svitava. It is the longest underground river...
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