TATRA MOUNTAINS (Hungarian Tarczal)

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TATRA MOUNTAINS (Hungarian Tarczal) or the High Tatra, the highest group in the central Carpathians, and the central group of the whole Carpathian

system

SYSTEM

. They extend between the rivers. Waag, Arva, Dunajec and Poprad, and form a sharply defined and isolated group, rising abruptly like a gigantic

wall

WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the
original
- ORIGINAL
O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

to an altitude of over 8400 ft. in the midst of a high

plateau

PLATEAU (a French
term
- TERM
, older platel, for a flat piece of wood, metal, &c., from plat, flat)
PLATEAU, JOSEPH
ANTOINE
- ANTOINE, ANDRE (1858- )
FERDINAND (1801-1883)

situated 2600 ft. above sea-level. The Tatra Mountains extend through the Hungarian counties of Liptb and Szepes, and with their northern extremities also through the Austrian crownland of

Galicia

, and have a length of 40 M. and a width varying between 9 and 15 M. The mean altitude is between 6000 and 7500 ft. The

principal

PRINCIPAL

peaks are:the Franz-Josef or Gerlsford (Hung. Gerlachfalvi-Cstics, 8737 ft.), the highest in the Carpathian

system

SYSTEM

; the Lomnitz (Lomniczi-Csics, 8642 ft.); the Eisthal (Jegvolgyi-Csiccs, 863o ft.); the Tatraspitze or Hohe Visoka (8415 ft.); the Kesmark (8226 ft.); the Meeraugenspitze (Tengerszem-Csiccs, 8210 ft.); the Schlagendorf (Szalllki-Cs1ecs, 8o5o ft.); and the Krivan (8190 ft.). The

principal

PRINCIPAL

valleys, which lie at an altitude of 2600 to 3250 ft. above sea-level, and present some of the wildest scenery, are: the Kohlbach Valley, the Felka Valley, the Valley of Mengsdorf, the Javorina Valley, the Kotlina Valley, in which is the stalactite cavern of

Bela

BELA
BELA, LAS BELA

, and the Bielka Valley. One of the characteristics of the Tatra are the numerous mountain lakes (112 in number), called by the people " eyes of the sea." The largest of them are the Lake of Csorba, in the southern part of the group, which has an area of 50 acres; the Grosser Fischsee in the Bielka Valley; and the Wielki Staw, with an area of 85 acres, the largest of the Five Polish Lakes, which lie in the Rortoka Valley.
There are many summer resorts in the Tatra Mountains, the most frequented being Tatrafured (German, Schmecks), three small villages situated at an altitude of 3250 ft., at the foot of the Schlagendorf

peak

PEAK, THE

; and the environs of the Lake of Csorba, which is called the " Pearl of the Tatra."

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