Kozie chrbty

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The Kozie chrbty ( German about goats or goat comb back) are a mountain range in Slovakia, south of the town of Poprad. They are made from tourist point of view often considered a part of the Low Tatras, ask officially for several decades, however, a private mountain dar. This is part of the Fatra - Tatra region of the Inner Western Carpathians.

Location

The mountain range extends over a length of about 40 km - with a width of only about 5 km - from west to east direction from the confluence of the Čierny Vah ( Waag Black ) and the Biely Vah ( Waag White ) at Kráľova Lehota to about the village Spišský Štvrtok. It is divided into two geomorphological subunits in the westerly Važecký chrbát ( approximately crest of Važec ) and Dúbrava (about Oak Forest) in the east.

Be limited to Kozie chrbty

  • In the north from the valley of Podtatranská kotlina
  • In the southeast of the basin Hornádska kotlina
  • In the southwest of the Low Tatras

The highest peak is the Kozi kameň ( German goats stone) with 1255 m. He is - as the entire middle section of the main ridge - part of the European watershed between the Baltic and the Mediterranean. From hydro- geographical significance remains the branches off from the mountain Krahulec south ridge that runs up to the summit Kráľova hoľa in the Low Tatras and the basins of the Danube tributaries Vah ( Waag ) and Tisza from each other.

Conservation

The western part of the mountain is part of the Low Tatras National Park ( NAPANT ) or its reserve. In addition, some natural formations are placed under special protection:

  • Turková
  • Hranovnická dubina
  • Prímovské scaly
  • Gánovské travertiny
  • Važecká Cave

Economy

Of greatest importance in the covered mainly by coniferous forest ridge is forestry. Recently, the Kozie are chrbty due to the planned reduction of uranium ore come into the discussion of the Slovak public. Also noteworthy are the pumped storage plant Čierny Vah on its reservoir.

Tourism

Tourism plays in the Kozie chrbty, in the immediate vicinity of the High and the Low Tatras and Slovak Paradise are only a minor role. Its most famous attraction is the Važecká Cave. There are a number of marked trails, among other things, kameň lead to the Goat. A previously existing there triangulation and observation tower collapsed in 1964. Most important tourist center is the Valley Lopušná valley southwest of Svit with accommodation and ski lift.

Significant elevations

  • Kozi kameň (goat Stone ), 1255 m
  • Turková, 1179 m
  • Poláková, 1172 m
  • Rigel, 1009 m
  • Zámčisko ( castle ), 912 m

Some localities in the surroundings

  • Poprad
  • Svit
  • Šuňava
  • Važec
  • Kráľova Lehota
  • Hranovnica
  • Spišský Štvrtok
  • Liptovská Teplička
Geomorphological division of Slovakia High Tatras
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