Doły Jasielsko Sanockie

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The Jasielsko - Sanockie Pits
Polish: Doły Jasielsko - Sanockie
Range
none A view from Bukowica Peak in western Nowotaniec.
A view from Bukowica Peak in western Nowotaniec.
Country Poland
Part of Central Beskidian Piedmont in Sanok County,
Krosno County, Jasło County,
Gorlice County,
Borders on Bieszczady Mountains,
and Low Beskids
Highest point Dział (peak)
 - elevation 678 m (2,224 ft)
 - coordinates 49°29′00″N 22°40′04″E / 49.483333, 22.66778
Length 100 km (62 mi), west-east
Width 18 - 20 km (6 mi), north-south
Area 1,200 km² (463 sq mi)
Geology granite, gneiss, limestone
Divisions of the Carpathians. The Doły (Pits)=a9+a8+a6+a7; part of the Outer Eastern Carpathians
Divisions of the Carpathians. The Doły (Pits)=a9+a8+a6+a7; part of the Outer Eastern Carpathians
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The Doły Jasielsko - Sanockie [1] (Jasielsko-Sanockie Valleys, the Jasło and Sanok Valleys, the Jasło-Sanok Basin or the Jasielsko - Sanockie Pits ) it stretches between Wisłoka and San River part of West Carpathians Plateau and Central Beskidian Piedmont in Poland, they are at heights of 250 - 500 m above sea level. It is situated in the southern part of the Subcarpathian Voivodeship. The Doły (Pits) although are the lowest mountain ranges of the polish Carpathians .

They can be divided into: Gorlickie Depression, Jasielskie Plateau, Jasielsko – Krośnieńska Valley and Bukowskie Plateau. They stretch along a 100 km long and 18 km wide strip of land between Low Beskids in the south and heights of plateau in the north.

From the tourist point of view the region of Doły (Pits) is limited from the west by the valley of Ropa river, from the east by the Wisłok and San rivers, from the south by the Low Beskids line and from the north by a Dynowskie Plateau enclosed by the route of the national road No 28 ( from Zator to the national border in Medyka) on the section between Gorlice - Grybów - Biecz - Jasło - Krosno - Rymanów - Sanok. The highest summit on the side is Dział ( 678 m. high, above the sea level ) in the Tabor and Czarny Potok rivers . In general mountains of the Doły are low with gentle slopes and long ridges with a flattened tops and domed summits, and only in some places are characterized by sharp downcasts. The height of summits varies from 350 to 650 m. above the sea level.

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[edit] History

Historical names ; Doły Sanockie (Sanockie Pits) or Podole Sanockie (Sanockie Podolia), it stretches between powiat Krosno, powiat Sanok and Brzozów in Galicia[2]. In 1854 in village Bóbrka near Krosno, the first in the world oil field starts its production.

Main article: Lendians
Main article: Great Moravia
Main article: Ostsiedlung
Main article: Galicia (Central Europe)
Main article: Ruthenian Voivodeship
Main article: Lwów Voivodeship

[edit] Division

Since there exist many variants of divisions of the mountain ranges and names for the Doły (Pits) , several divisions are given in the following:

  • Obniżenie Gorlickie
  • Kotlina Jasielsko-Krośnieńską
  • Pogórze Jasielskie
  • Pogórze Bukowskie

See also: Divisions of the Carpathians.

[edit] Hiking trails

[edit] Ethnic Groups

Main article: Pogorzans

[edit] See also

[edit] References

Inline:
  1. ^ Prof. Jerzy Kondracki. Geografia fizyczna Polski. Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe. Warszawa. 1988. ISBN 83-01-02323-6
  2. ^ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego, tom III, 1876, [in:] Karpaty, page 870

[edit] Rural landscape pictures