Lublin
is located in a particularly scenic
topographical area. Broad, beautiful
scenery is one of the city's major
values.
Lublin is
the largest city located in the Lubelska Upland
and the largest to the east of the Wisła
river.
The Bystrzyca
river flows across the city from south to
the north-east along with its
tributaries: Czerniejówka and
Czechówka.
Within
the borders of Lublin, on the Bystrzyca
river, the Zemborzycki
Artificial Lake of
approx. 250 ha constitutes a perfect
place for leisure and recreation with its
developed tourist and sports services
base.
The valley
of the Bystrzyca river divides Lublin
into the western part, belonging to the Nałęczowski
Plateau and the
north-eastern part, located in the Świdnicki
Plateau.
The above
regions are both mesoregions of the
Lubelska Upland but vary in features of
the landscape and scenery.
The Nałęczowski
Plateau is constituted by a
layer of loess of up to a few dozen
meters, and as such is easily eroded,
thus the area is plentiful with deep
valleys, ravines and depressions. The
fertile loess soil allows for
high-quality agricultural production,
therefore the area is virtually deprived
of forests.
However,
the Świdnicki Plateau loess is scarce,
and the majority of the land is limestone
from the Cretaceous period. The soil is
less fertile, therefore a number of
forested areas have been preserved, such
as: Dąbrowa near the Zęborzycki
Artificial Lake, Krępiec or Świdnik
Forests.
Scenery of the Nałęczowski
Plateau
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Location of Lublin against the
geographical regions of the
Lubelskie Voivodship
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A loess ravine
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Świdnicki Plateau
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Krępiec Forest
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