Name Cerovo Highlands are probably many Czech, Czech tourists but not unknown. Some might vaguely guess where it was necessary to look at the map, but some details to the region will think about only the true connoisseurs of Slovakia. It is Cerovo highlands beautiful natural paradise, areas suitable for nature walks for hikers, cyclists, family trips.
Cerovo highlands, natural conditions
Its uniqueness also indicates that in 1989 was declared a protected area covering nearly 163 km2. The mountain we have to look south from cities Lučenec respectively. Fiľakovo on the border with Hungary.
Cerovo Highlands is entirely of volcanic origin and is the youngest mountain range in the Slovak Republic only old 2 - 6 million years. Had originated only during the Tertiary.
Traces of volcanic activity here can be found in many places, just remember vertices on which stands the ruins castles Šomoška a Hajnáčka. This soil excavations uncovered volcanic rocks that clearly show the origin of the whole area. But there are only volcanic rock; hot magma broke into a cover of sandstone, so it is clear that here we find other rocks.
Cerovo Highlands, geomorphological division
Cerovo Highlands, which is bounded Jihoslovenskou basin, belongs to Matransko - Slansky area subprovince Inner Western Carpathians and the province Western Carpathians.
Cerovo Highlands is divided into five geomorphological hemmed. They are the following parts: Mučínska Highlands, Fiľakovská wake, Hajnáčska Highlands, Highlands and Petrovská Bučenská Highlands. These are then further divided into several districts.
Cerovo Highlands, nature and climate
But why Cerovo Highlands Cerovo his name? Owes its name to oaks. Yes indeed oaks, oaks plstnatým accurately, which are called Cera. A whole area of origin of the name is already obvious. Cera cover a large portion of the Protected Landscape Area. For forests grow to about two-thirds of the territory. Besides oaks grow abundantly here but i hornbeam and some more hardwoods. The herb layer appear xerothermophilous numerous plant species. Natural rocky steppes and grassy steppes provide refuge Pannonic huge number of protected animal and plant species, there are numerous species of the northern boundary of its distribution.
The mountain is drained by rivers and Rimava Ipeľ, along whose flow is preserved fragments of floodplain forest. Cerovo highlands belong to the warm climate with relatively high average temperatures. January temperatures reach an average of only 2 ° C-to-4 ° C, in July, climbing to 17 20 ° C to ° C. Number of summer days are quite high - up 60 70, whereas the number of winter days is low. Snow cover can only hold 50 - 70 days a year. Yearly rainfall reaches barely 600 mm.
