This volume is the first comprehensive description of the most spectacular landforms of Hungary. It is a richly illustrated book which presents a collection of significant sites, capturing the geodiversity of Hungarian landscapes.

The Landscapes and Landforms of Hungary discusses the effects of geomorphological features to the landscape, such as volcanism, weathering, fluvial or aeolian erosion, karst formation, gravitational movements, and others. The importance of the conservation of geomorphological heritage is underlined, as well as the importance of geomorphological heritage and conservation. This book can be used for undergraduate and graduate courses in geomorphology, physical geography, hydrogeography, and nature conservation. It will be of benefit to environmental scientists, geomorphologists, conservationists, among others.

Inhalt

Introduction.- Geological and Tectonic Background.- Climate and Drainage.- Long-Term Geomorphological Evolution.- Geomorphological Regions.- Hat Rock: Solution Features in Metamorphic Mountains.- Mt. Kab: Karst Under a Basalt Cap.- Buttes in the Tapolca Basin.- Thermal Spring Cones of the Tihany Peninsula.- Kál Basin: Pseudokarren on Sandstone.- Granite Weathering in the Velence Hills.