Vienna Basin

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Chvojnice Hills in Slovakia
Chvojnice Hills in Slovakia

The Viennese Basin (German: Wiener Becken, Czech: Vídeňská pánev, Slovak: Viedenská kotlina) is a sedimentary basin between the Alps and the Carpathian Mountains. More than 50% of the Viennese Basin is located in Lower Austria, the rest is in Vienna, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

The fairly level area has the shape of a spindle, over an area of 50 kilometres by 200 kilometres.

It forms a defensible valley from attacks from downstream on the Danube, (Hungary).

The Battle of Vienna, 1529, had Ottoman Turks against the walls the city.

Parts:

  • The Viennese Basin proper. The part within the Czech Republic is called Dolnomoravský úval (the Lower Moravian Vale), whilst that within Slovakia is called Borská nížina (the Bor Lowland)
  • Marchfeld in Austria
  • Leitha Mountains (Leitha-Gebirge) in Austria
  • Chvojnice Hills (Chvojnická pahorkatina) in Slovakia

The Bor Lowland and Chvojnice Hills are known collectively as Záhorská nížina (the Záhorie Lowland).

[edit] Geology

The Viennese Basin formations are a series of sedimentary layers that were deposited in the Neogene.

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