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Mátra
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The Mátra () is a mountain range in northern Hungary, between the towns Gyöngyös and Eger. The country's highest peak, Kékestető (1014 m), belongs to this mountain range.
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- Mountain.name
- Mátra
- Mountain.photo
- Tajkep mderecskerol matra.jpg
- Mountain.photo_caption
- View of the mountain from Mátraderecske
- Mountain.parent
- North Hungarian Mountains, Western Carpathians
- Mountain.geology
- Volcanic
- Mountain.highest
- Kékes
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 1014
- Mountain.map_image
- HU mesoregion 6.4. Mátra-vidék.png
- Mountain.map_caption
- Location of Mátra (red) within physical subdivisions of Hungary
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- Mátra Galyatető - panoramio.jpg
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- Formation
- Pre-volcanic formations
- Miocene volcanism
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The Mátra () is a mountain range in northern Hungary, between the towns Gyöngyös and Eger. The country's highest peak, Kékestető (1014 m), belongs to this mountain range.
== Formation == === Pre-volcanic formations === The formation of the Mátra is closely related to the formation of the North Hungarian Mountains and the Carpathians. Formations formed before the volcanism in the Miocene, are located primarily on the steep northern side of the Mátra. The reason for this is, that after the volcanism, the entire mountain range tilted southward due to the subsidence of the trench extending south of the Mátra and Bükk. The southern, more gentle part was buried by young sediments, while on the northern side steep slopes were formed by landslides during the Pleistocene.
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