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Horka Traditional Geocache

Hidden : 2/1/2008
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Prirodní památka Horka na katastru obce Podoli


[CZ]

Horka je napadny kopecek lezici vychodne od obce Bedrichovice, v tesne blizkosti statni silnice. Ma obly, bochnikovy tvar, protazeny severo-jiznim smerem. Jeho zapadni stena je otevrena byvalym lomem a proto si muzeme prohlednout odkrytou horninu, ktera tvori podlozi okolni krajiny. Jsou to racicke slepence myslejovickeho souvrstvi drahanskeho kulmu. Stejne slepence vytvareji v nedalekych Slapanicich skalni utvary Andelka a Certovka, u Velatic jsou to Velaticke strane, u Tvarozne kopecek Santon, u Vinicnych Sumic jsou to Hyncicovy skaly. Slepence vznikly ze sedimentu, ktere se usazovaly na morskem dne asi pred 340 az 325 miliony lety. Mocnost usazenych sedimentu dosahovala misty az 3 km.

Predmetem ochrany prirody nejsou krasne kulate valouny, ale biotopy teplomilnych skalnich a stepnich travniku. Horka byla vyhlasena prirodni pamatkou v roce 1984, v soucasnosti je zahrnuta do systemu ochrany prirody podle smernic EU Natura 2000, jako soucast lokality Slapanicke slepence.

Pri vyzvedavani cache a ceste k ni, budte prosim ohleduplni k okolni prirode.

[EN]

Horka is notable hill lying east of Bedrichovice village, close to main road. Horka consists of racice conglomerate, which evolved from deposites settled in sea about 340 to 325 million years ago. Horka was declared as natural monument in 1984. Today it is included in system of nature protection acording to EU Natura 2000 direction. Biotopes of thermophilic rocky and steppe grass are the subject of protection.

Please be easy on nature when finding the cache.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[CZ] cnerm [EN] fgho

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)