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| The Company/Natural environment |
Introduction of the natural environment
FORESTRY REGIONS
| Somogyi sandy area (Inner-Somogy) |
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It is under 34) a in the list of Forestry regions.
As indicated by its name soil-forming rock is the acidic sand that was transported by the wind from the ancient river-beds. The sand-hill range being formed is going from north to south and provides a waved picture in east-west direction to the landscape. Between the sand-hills the water stays for long time; sometimes no any possibility is to flow out. There are marsh spots in hundreds here. These aqueous places provide good living conditions to valuable plant communities and particular fauna.
| Flood plain soil along river Dráva |
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It is under 34) b in the list of Forestry regions.
Regarding its ecological conditions (precipitation, temperature) it is similar to Somogyi sandy area. The main difference is between the soils. In this region the typical soil is flood plain soil and meadow soil. The soil-forming procedure was influenced strongly by the periodical flood of river Dráva and its northern influents. The sub-Mediterranean influence is strong in this region that is manifested in increase of number of the snowy days.
It is under 33 in the list of Forestry regions.
It is a relatively young hilly county having been formed from loess in the tertiary period. The odd thing about it is that in Kapos valley there are many places where sand from the Quaternary is instead of loess. In the neighbourhood of Hárságy and Gálosfa there are some sandstone sills. However the typical picture of the landscape is determined by the variable surface forms that were developed in erosion of the loess. The wide ridges of the hill and gently sloping sides are encompassed with system of deep erosion valleys having steep walls - sometimes like a canyon - that are flow from eastern-western watersheds into the wide valleys going in north-south direction. Height above the sea level is between 140 and 300 m.
It is under 36 b) in the list of Forestry regions.
The north-southern chain of hills in Déli Panonhát region going in line of Zalabér - Pacsa - Nagykanizsa - Gyékényes, to the river Dráva creates the East Zalai hilly-country. It is not a uniform area from geological aspect, because it is basically young Pliocene clay; but there are places where sand and sandstone is the basis; these deviations in soil formation are homogenized by a 2-3 m thick loess covering layer. Height above the sea level is between 150 and 280 m.
It is under 36 a) in the list of Forestry regions.
It is separated from Déli Pannonhát region (by Somogyi sandy area and Nagyberek-Kisbalaton-Tapolcai marsh land) but it can be characterised with ecological conditions similar to those observed in East Zala hilly country. The chain of hills starts in Balatonkeresztúr and goes south to the line of Somogyszob and Nagyatád. Here it joins to Somogyi sandy area and forms a wide transitional zone (the transitional zone is covered with a thick loess layer only, in certain places sand is on the surface.)
| North-Somogy - Tolnai - loess area |
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It is under 29 a) in the list of Forestry regions.
Chief valleys in north-south direction and chains of hills among them are typical in this area. Height above the sea level is between 110 and 296 m. Edges of the hills are sharp; the plateau- like top is very dry. Valleys are fresh. The landscape does not have many water sources and flows.
| Karád - Lengyel - Szekszárdi hilly country |
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Regarding its geological conditions and configurations of the soil it is similar to North Somogy - Tolnai - loess area. However there is significant difference in the precipitation. In this region there is 100 mm more precipitation than in North Somogy - Tolnai - loess area. The yearly mean precipitation is between 670 and 720 mm.
Soil conditions are similar to those in North Somogy - Tolnai - loess area; but there is larger area with brown forest soil here due to the more precipitation. Therefore it provides favourable living conditions to the forest cultivation.
| Nagyberek-Kisbalaton-Tapolcai marsh land |
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It is under 35 in the list of Forestry regions.
Marsh lands have been formed from the residues of Pannon sea bottom that became marsh after the bed of Lake Balaton was broken in. Plain areas formed with small differences in the height level.
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