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Sinevirske jezero / Sinevir lake EarthCache

Hidden : 8/14/2009
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   not chosen (not chosen)

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Sinevirske jezero / Sinevir lake



Jezero Sinevir, tez zvane Perla zakarpati je nadherne, 500m dlouhe jezero. Jezero ma rozlohu 4,2 ha. Prumerna hloubka je 8 az 10 m a maximalne; az 22 m. Uprostred jezera lezi take maly ostrov.

Jsou tri verze vzniku jezera.
1) nespravna - Jezero je pozustatkem ledovcove moreny
2) spravna - Jezero vzniklo sesuvem pudy a prehrazenim potoka.
3) povest - Mistni povest pravi, ze se chudy pastevec Vir zamiloval do bohate divky Sini. Rodice divky vsak byli proti jejich lasce a tak nechali mladeho Vira zabit a zakopat kdesi v horach. Sine vsak hrob sveho mileho nasla a plakala u nej tak dlouho, az se vytvorilo jezero, ve kterem se nakonec utopila. Ostrov uprostred jezera je zbytkem Virovy mohyly.

Samotne jezero je soucasti narodniho parku Sinevir


Sinevir Lake, also known as Pearl of the Carpathians is a beautiful, 500 meter long lake. The lake has an area of 4.2 hectares. The average depth is 8 to 10 m and a maximum of up to 22 m. In the middle of the lake lies the small Iceland.
Sinevir National Park is part of Flys's band Western Carpathians. Flys is characterized by alternating sandstone and clay. For the water permeable layers of sandstone alternating with impermeable layers of clay (causing, inter alia, high specific runoff and landslides). Therefore, flys's small mountain groundwater recharge. There is also a lack of mineral resources. Benefit to them in the sandstone, which is used for construction purposes. Flys come from the Cretaceous period. The Carpathians are relatively young geological unit, which developed in the last 100 million years old Alpine orogenez and are part of young mountain belts in Europe, the alpine arc, extending from north-west Africa (Atlas) in Asia Minor. Longitudinally divided into the Outer and Inner Carpathians, cross the western, eastern and southern Carpathians.

There are three versions of the emergence of the lake.
1) incorrect - Lake is a remnant glacier moraines
2) correct - Lake creating landslides and prehrazením Creek.
3) reputation - Local legend says that a poor shepherd Vir love with rich girl hall. Parents of girls, however, were against their love and to let young Vira kill and bury somewhere in the mountains. Sine, however found the grave of his beloved and wept for him as long to create the lake, which will eventually drowned. Iceland in the middle of the lake is a rest Virus Mounds.

The lake is part of the National Park Sinevir



Pro zalogovani cache musite splnit tyto podminky:

1)Vyfotit sebe, nebo svoji GPS u jezera a prilozit foto na internet
2) zaslat na e-mail xdarebak@seznam.cz tyto informace:
a) zamerit nadmorskou vysku jezera
b) odhadnout velikost ostrova uprostred jezera

Pokud nesplnite podminky, vas log bude dle pravidel smazan!!




You must fulfill the requirements for log this cache:

1) Attach a photo of the lake Sinevir in background with you or your GPS unit with a log.
2) Send to my email xdarebak@seznam.cz following data:
a) Measure the altitude of the lake Sinevir
b) Estinate size of island in the middle of lake

The logs which will not comply with the requirements will be deleted.

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