The Tatra Mountains are located in the southern region of
Poland with the highest point, Carpathian Arch at 1200km and the main crest
stretching from the northwest to the south east. The Tartas are surrounded on the north side
with valleys, in one valley you can find the mountain resort and tourist
attraction of Zakopane.
The Mountain resort area of Zakopane.
The Tatra
Mountains are made of two different types of rocks. The first is igneous rocks such as crystalline
granitoids and can be found in the High Tatra.
These rocks are classified as igneous because they were formed by
solidified magma from the Palaeozoic Era.
An example of an igneous rocks such as crystalline
granitoids.
The second
type of rock found in the Tatra Mountains is sedimentary rocks such as gneisses
which can be found in the Western Tatras are much younger rocks that were formed
in the Mesozoic Era. These rocks can be
classified as sedimentary rocks because they can be broken down very easily and
with the certain amount of heat can be transformed back into its original state
of magma.
An example of sedimentary rocks such as gneisses.
The
Tatra Mountains were formed due to plate tectonics, in the middle of the Tertiary Era. The collision of the African and Eurasian
plates which created the Alps, also created the Tatra Mountains. With the African and Eurasian plates coming
together the sedimentary rocks in the north were also affected. The crystalline core migrated further north
and began to fold and form the range of hills, which now lie in the north range
in Poland.
Map of the plates, the African and Eurasian plates colliding formed the Tatras.
Source of Information
http://www.peaklist.org/WWlists/euro600/tatra/tatraintro.html
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Source of Information
http://www.peaklist.org/WWlists/euro600/tatra/tatraintro.html
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