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The Upper Tisa Valley. Preparatory proposal for Ramsay

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Figure 1 Relief of the <strong>Upper</strong> <strong>Tisa</strong>, after VITUKI<br />

region, because the bulk of these mountains also consist mainly of Eocene and<br />

Cretaceous <strong>for</strong>mations. It is similar structurally as well, because on the outer side of<br />

the Carpathian arc there is sandstone ('flis'), which is geologically comparable to the<br />

fairly narrow sandstone zone lining the Alps. In the Northeastern Carpathian region,<br />

regarding the Eastern Beskyds and the Maramureshian Alps, besides sandstone<br />

limestone comes to play a minor role as well in the rock composition. Furthermore,<br />

crystalline rock, in the <strong>for</strong>m of 'cliffs', can be found in traces in the inner side if the<br />

sandstone zone. Crystalline rock does not <strong>for</strong>m a morphological zone in the catchment<br />

area, only the environs of Pop-Ivan bear a large stretch of surface crystalline ancient<br />

mountain <strong>for</strong>mation.<br />

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