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[ 0 => '[[File:Kramnica i Obłazowa a1.jpg|thumb|240px|Nowy Targ Basin with Pieniny Spiskie in the background]]', 1 => '[[File:514.11 Kotlina Orawsko-Nowotarska.png|thumb|240px|The area within Poland]]', 2 => '[[File:Frydman a1.jpg|thumb|240px|A fragment of the Nowy Targ basin ([[Frydman]]) and a view of the Gorce Mountains]]', 3 => '[[File:Kotlina Nowotarska BŻ3.jpg|thumb|240px|A view of [[Babia Góra]] and [[Beskid Orawsko-Podhalański]]]]', 4 => '{{commonscat|Kotlina Orawsko-Nowotarska}}', 5 => 'The '''Orava-Nowy Targ Basin''' ({{lang-pl|Kotlina Orawsko-Nowotarska}}) is the northern, lowest part of the [[Podhale-Magura Area]], between the [[Western Beskids]] in the north and the [[Spisko-Gubałowski Highlands]] in the south.', 6 => '', 7 => '==Boundaries==', 8 => '', 9 => 'The boundaries are as follows.<ref name=Kondracki>{{cite book|first=Jerzy|isbn=83-01-12479-2|location=Warszawa|last=Kondracki|publisher=Wyd. Naukowe PWN|year=1998|title=Geografia regionalna Polski}}</ref>', 10 => '', 11 => '* to the west, along the foothills of the Slovak [[Orava Beskids]], slightly to the west of the [[Orava (reservoir)|Orava reservoir]]', 12 => '* to the north, the basin borders on the [[Działy Orawskie]], the [[Beskid Orawsko-Podhalański]] and the [[Gorce Mountains]]. The border runs on the northern side of the Orava reservoir, through the [[Czarna Orawa]] valley, [[Piekielnik (river)|Piekielnik]] (a tributary of Czarna Orawa), along the foot of the hills of the Działy Orawskie to [[Nowy Targ]], from here through the [[Dunajec]] valley to the [[Lake Czorsztyn]], which is located within the Nowy Targ Basin.', 13 => '* eastern border: a dam on the Lake Czorsztyn', 14 => '* from the south, the valley borders with the [[Pieniny]] Mountains, [[Pogórze Bukowińskie]] and [[Pogórze Gubałowskie]]. The border runs along the southern banks of the Lake Czorsztyn to the western end of [[Zielone Skałki]], from here along the northern foothills of the [[Pieniny Spiskie]] and [[Skalice Nowotarskie]] (from [[Obłazowa]] through [[Cisowa Skała]] and [[Ranisberg]]), further up, initially along the [[Wielki Rogoźnik]] stream, then along the north-western foothills of the [[Pogórze Gubałowskie]] on eastern side of the [[Czarny Dunajec (river)|Czarny Dunajec]] to [[Koniówka]].<ref name=Sygnatura>{{cite book|isbn=978-83-87873-44-8|publisher=Sygnatura|title=Dookoła Tatr. Atrakcje turystyczne}}</ref> In Slovakia, the border runs along the [[Orava (river)|Orava]] valley and the foothills of the [[Pogórze Skoruszyńskie]].', 15 => '', 16 => '==The Orava Basin and the Nowy Targ Basin==', 17 => 'The entire basin is uniform in terms of landscape and of the same origin, but in terms of hydrography, it is divided into two parts:', 18 => '* [[Orava Basin]] - the western part, drained by the [[Orava (river)|Orava]] River and located in the [[Black Sea]] catchment area', 19 => '* [[Nowy Targ Basin]] - the eastern part, drained by the [[Dunajec]] River and located in the catchment area of the [[Baltic Sea]]', 20 => '', 21 => 'In Poland, the [[European watershed]] runs through the basin between the [[Black Sea]] basin and the [[Baltic Sea]] basin, with few distinguishing features in the terrain. This section runs from the town of [[Koniówka]] on the western side of the [[Czarny Dunajec (river)|Czarny Dunajec]] river to the north, through the peat bogs to the town of [[Piekielnik]]. The slopes of both parts of the basin are inclined in opposite directions. The slopes of the Orava Basin descend in the west to a height of about 600 m above sea level, the Nowy Targ Basin on the eastern edges to about 510 m above sea level.<ref name=Kondracki/>', 22 => '', 23 => '==Description of the region==', 24 => 'The basin was formed in the [[Neogene]] as a result of the [[Fold (geology)|folding]] of the area between mountain ranges and foothills. In the basin created in this way, a lake was formed, which over time was filled with sediments of gravel and clay; their thickness in the western part reaches 300 m. Also in the [[Quaternary]], during successive [[glacial period]]s, [[alluvial cone]]s accumulated here glacial and river deposits. In the basin, and especially in the Baltic-Black Sea watershed that cuts it across, a unique complex of [[raised bog]]s has developed. These bogs, completely dependent on rainwater, began to form around 10,000 years ago, when the climate warmed after the glacial period.<ref name="Bagna">[http://bagna.pl/CMS/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=419 O torfowiskach orawsko-nowotarskich na stronie Bagna.pl]</ref> Today, they present a complex of raised bogs, bogs and marsh forests, unique in Poland and at the same time rare in Europe, giving a specific character to the landscape of the Basin.', 25 => '', 26 => 'The vegetation of peat bogs is particularly characteristic. In addition to sphagnum mosses, there are plants adapted to the deficiency of nutrients - insectivorous [[Drosera|sundews]] and [[Pinguicula vulgaris|common butterwort]]. A unique feature of the Orava-Nowy Targ Basin bogs is the presence of [[Pinus mugo|mountain pine]], which is usually found at higher altitudes, as well as the rare {{ill|Pinus mugo nothosubsp. rotundata|lt=mud pine|pl|Sosna błotna}} (a form of [[Pinus × rhaetica|Rhaetic pine]]), which is an introgressive hybrid of mountain pine and [[Pinus sylvestris|scots pine]].<ref name="Bagna"/> In one of the peat bogs, called [[Puścizna Wielka]], the site of [[Rubus chamaemorus|cloudberry]], a rare plant considered a [[glacial relict]], was discovered in 2002. It is the southernmost habitat of this plant in the world.<ref>{{cite book|date=2008|first=Zbigniew|first2=Halina|isbn=978-83-89648-71-6|location=Kraków|last=Mirek|last2=Piękoś-Mirkowa|publisher=Instytut Botaniki PAN|title=Czerwona księga Karpat Polskich}}</ref>', 27 => '', 28 => 'The region is moderately transformed as a result of human activity.<ref name=Kondracki/> It has two large, artificially created water reservoirs: the [[Orava (reservoir)|Orava reservoir]] and the [[Lake Czorsztyn]]. The main towns are [[Nowy Targ]] in Poland and [[Námestovo]] in Slovakia.<ref name=Sygnatura/>', 29 => '', 30 => 'The Orawa-Nowy Targ Basin covers three historical and ethnographic lands: [[Orava (region)|Orava]] in the western part (e.g. [[Jabłonka]], [[Chyżne]], and the entire area of ​​the valley in Slovakia), [[Podhale]] in the eastern part (e.g. [[Czarny Dunajec]], [[Nowy Targ]]) and a small fragment of [[Spiš]] at the eastern end (including [[Nowa Biała]], [[Frydman]]).<ref name=Kondracki/>', 31 => '', 32 => '==References==', 33 => '{{reflist}}', 34 => '', 35 => '{{wide image|Kotlina Orawsko-Nowotarska PSG1.jpg|1000px|The Orawa-Nowy Targ Basin and the Tatra Mountains. View from a gravel pit in [[Podczerwone]]}}', 36 => '', 37 => '[[Category:Depressions of Europe]]', 38 => '[[Category:Geography of Poland]]', 39 => '[[Category:Geography of Slovakia]]' ]