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The Karancs–Medves Region consists of two hilly-mountainous parts: the Karancs, the largest andesite laccolith in Hungary, and the Medves Plateau, composed of basalt sheets and necks surrounded by blocks and basins of Tertiary sediments. This region was made famous by its raw materials, including coal, basalt, andesite and refractory clay, which resulted in significant mining activities, especially from the second half of the 19th century. Based on the mines, considerable industry settled in the region and radically changed the landscape. Although by the end of the 20th century mining has stopped and the scale of industrial activity substantially reduced, in lack of reclamation abundant anthropogenic landforms were left behind, including extensive quarries, spoil heaps, slag cones, subsidence troughs caused by undermining, pseudocaves and others. It is worth visiting and studying the unique assemblage forms taking advantage of the nature trails established in the region.
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Karancsi, Z., Horváth, G., Sütő, L., Csüllög, G. (2015). Anthropogenic Geomorphosites in the Karancs–Medves Region. In: Lóczy, D. (eds) Landscapes and Landforms of Hungary. World Geomorphological Landscapes. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08997-3_17
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