Transcript Poland_DUNAJEC RIVER AND PIENINY MOUNTAINS

DUNAJEC RIVER AND PIENINY
MOUNTAINS
Gimnazjum nr 1 im. Jana Pawła II
DUNAJEC RIVER IN SPRING
ABOUT DUNAJEC RIVER
 The Dunajec is a river running through southern Poland. It is the right tributary of the Vistula
River. It begins in Nowy Targ at the junction of two short mountain rivers, Czarny Dunajec
and Biały Dunajec (Black and White Dunajec). Dunajec forms a border between Poland
and Slovakia for 27 kilometers in the Pieniny Środkowe (Slovak: Centrálne Pieniny) range,
east of the Czorsztyn reservoir. It is the only river taking waters from the Slovak territory to
the Baltic Sea.
DUNAJEC RIVER IN SUMMER
ABOUT DUNAJEC RIVER
 The Dunajec is 274 kilometers long, running through southern Poland for 247 kilometers,
which makes it Poland's fourteenth longest river. It has a basin area of 6,804 square
kilometres (4,852 in Poland, and 1,952 in Slovakia). On the Slovak/Polish border, it flows
through the Zamagurie region, with attractions such as the Dunajec River Gorge, the Trzy
Korony massif with a 500 metres (1,600 ft) precipice, Červený Kláštor, and two Pieniny
castles in Czorsztyn and Niedzica.
HOW DOES THE RIVER FLOW?
PIENINY MOUNTAINS IN SUMMER
ABOUT PIENINY MOUNTAINS
 Pieniny is a mountain range in the south of Poland and the north of Slovakia.
 The Pieniny mountain range is divided into three parts – Pieniny Spiskie (Slovak: Spišské
Pieniny) and Pieniny Właściwe (Slovak: Centrálne Pieniny) in Poland; and, Malé Pieniny
(English: Lesser or Little Pieniny; Polish: Małe Pieniny) in Poland and Slovakia. The Pieniny
mountains consist mainly of the limestone and dolomite rock strata. The most famous
peak, Trzy Korony (Three Crowns), is 982 meters high. It is also the summit of the Three
Crowns Massif. Pieniny’s highest peak – Wysoka (Polish); Vysoké Skalky (Slovak) – reaches
1,050 meters above sea level.
PIENINY IN AUTUMN
ABOUT PIENINY MOUNTAINS
 Pieniny mountains formed at the bottom of the sea in several geological epochs. They
were folded and raised in Upper Cretaceous. At the beginning of the Paleogene geologic
period a second wave of tectonic movements took place causing a further shift. The third
wave of movements during the Paleogene and Neogene resulted in a more complex
tectonic structure. At the same time erosion resulted in stripping of the outer mantle rocks
and further modeling of terrain. Peaks were built from weather resistant Jurassic rocks,
mainly limestone.
THE THREE CROWNS IN PIENINY
MOUNTAINS
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