Upper Silesian Coal Basin
The Upper Silesian Coal Basin (Polish: Górnośląskie Zagłębie Węglowe, GZW, Czech: Hornoslezská uhelná pánev) is a coal basin in Silesia, in Poland and the Czech Republic.[1] It also contains a number of other minable resources such as
methane, cadmium, lead, silver and zinc. Coal depth is approximately 1000 meters, and contains about 70 billion tons, with excellent extraction potential.[1]
Industrial areas within the Upper Silesian Coal Basin:[1]
- Upper Silesian Industrial Region (Polish: Górnośląski Okręg Przemysłowy, GOP)
- Rybnik Coal Area (Polish: Rybnicki Okręg Węglowy, ROW)
- Ostrava-Karviná Coal Area (Czech: Ostravsko-karvinská uhelná pánev)
The Upper Silesian Coal Basin lies in the provinces of Upper Silesia and Zagłębie Dąbrowskie in southern Poland, in a highland located between the upper Vistula and the upper Oder rivers, as well as extending into the Moravian-Silesian Region in the Czech Republic. The Upper Silesian Coal Basin includes the Silesian metropolitan area and has a population of 5,294,000 (with 4,311,000 in Poland and 983,000 in the Czech Republic).[2] Area: 5,400 km² (in Poland - 4,500 km², in Czech Republic - 900 km²).[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Template:Pl icon "Górnośląskie Zagłębie Węglowe" - PWN Encyclopedia
- ^ European Spatial Planning Observation Network (ESPON) (pdf) Archived 2009-07-28 at the Wayback Machine ISBN 2-9600467-2-2
Literature
- Template:Pl icon / Template:En icon "Historia badań i stan rozpoznania hydrogeologicznego Górnośląskiego Zagłębia Węglowego" / "History and State of Hydrological Investigations of the Upper Silesian Coal Basin" - Andrzej Różkowski, University of Silesia, Katowice 2008, ISBN 978-83-226-1759-5
- Template:Pl icon "Geologia i bogactwa mineralne Górnego Śląska i obszarów przyległych" - Wiesław Gabzdyl & Marian Gorol, Silesian University of Technology 2009, ISBN 978-83-7335-561-3
50°15′N 19°00′E / 50.250°N 19.000°E
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