North Bohemian Basin

The North Bohemian Basin within the geomorphological division of Czechia

The North Bohemian Basin between Ústí nad Labem (right) with view of the escarpment of the Ore Mountain fault-block

The North Bohemian Basin (German: Nordböhmische Becken, formerly also the Teplitz-Komotauer Becken, Czech: Mostecká pánev) is a landscape in North Bohemia (Czechia). It forms the western part of the Aussig region (Ústecký kraj or Region Aussig).

Adjacent landscapes

The basin lies between the Central and Eastern Ore Mountains to the north and the highlands of Rakovnická pahorkatina to the south. To the east the basin borders on the Central Bohemian Uplands and the foothills of Bohemian Switzerland as well as in the southeast on the landscape unit of Dolnooharská tabule (German: Untereger-Tafel). In the west it reaches the Doupov Mountains.

Gallery

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  Lignite mine below Jezeří Castle

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  Infilling a mine near Most. In the foreground: the site of the old town

Sources

• V. Cajz et al.: České Středohorí. Geologická a přírodovědná mapa Český geologický ústav, Prague 1996, ISBN 80-7075-238-6 (Das Böhmische Mittelgebirge, geologische Wanderkarte.).
• Ivo Chlupáč et al.: Geologická minulost České Republiky. Academia, Prague 2002, ISBN 80-200-0914-0.
• Josef Emanuel Hibsch: Erläuterungen zur Geologischen Karte der Umgebung von Brüx. Nákladem Stát. geologického ústavu ČSL. Rep., Prague 1929.
• Josef Emanuel Hibsch: Geologische Karte des Böhmischen Mittelgebirges. Blatt 7 (Teplitz-Boreslau) nebst Erläuterungen. Hölder, Vienna 1908.
• Josef Emanuel Hibsch: Geologische Karte des Böhmischen Mittelgebirges. Blatt 12 (Gartitz-Tellnitz) nebst Erläuterungen. Hölder, Vienna 1914.
• Roland Vinx: Gesteinsbestimmung im Gelände. 2 Auflage. Springer, Heidelberg 25 October 2011, ISBN 978-3-8274-1925-5. 

References

External links

• Information about the North Bohemian lignite field

Coordinates: 50°30′N 13°30′E / 50.5°N 13.5°E / 50.5; 13.5