The
highest point: Gerlachovský peak (2,655 m a.s.l.) in the Tatry
NP.
The
lowest point: the Bodrog river on the state border with Hungary
(93.8 m a.s.l )
Geomorphologic
provinces: 4 provinces divided into 17 areas, consisting
of 84 geomorphologic units.
1. Western Carpathians (Inner and Outer
-10 areas),
2. Eastern Carpathians (Inner and Outer
- 3 areas),
3. Western Pannonian basin (Vienna basin
and Small Danubian basin - 3 areas), .
4. Eastern Pannonian basin (Great Danubian
basin -1 area).
Geomorfologic
provinces and subprovinces
Altitude
levels of the surface of the SR:
| lowlands | from 94 to 300 m a. s. l | (20,045 km2 = 41%) |
| low highlands | from 300 to 750 m a. s. l. | (22,089 km2 = 45%) |
| middle highlands | from 750 to 1500 m a. s. l. | (6,350 km2 = 13%) |
| mountains | from 1500 to 2655 m a. s. l. | (552 km2 = 1%) |
Types
of relief:
| plains | altitude difference | 0 to 30 m (22.4%) |
| hills | altitude difference | 31 to 150 m (18.4%) |
| highlands | altitude difference | 151 to 300 m (37.9%) |
| mountains | altitude difference | 301 to 600 m (19.6%) |
| alpine mountains | altitude difference | 601 and above m ( 1.7%). |
Altitude
difference of the relief: 2,561m in a distance of 153 km.
The
best preserved glacial relief: in the geomorphologic unit of
the Tatry (the Tatry NP).
The
largest area of blown sands: Bor on the Záhorská lowland (partly
the Záhorie PLA).
The
largest glacial valleys: the Bielovodská valley NNR (the original
glacier was 14.4 km long) and the Tichá valley NNR (more than 13 km) in
the Tatry NP.
The
largest inactive volcano: Poľana (1,458 metres a.s.l.) in the
Poľana PLA.
The
largest remains of lava cover: Medvedia - Mačacia - Pohanský
hrad in the Cerová highland PLA.
The
largest columnal separation of basalts: Stonefall (12 m) in
the Šomoška NNR.
The
largest lowlands: the Danubian lowland (12,000 km2)
and the East Slovak lowland (4,000 km2).
The
largest river island: Žitný island on the the Danubian lowland
(1,236.12 km2).
The
largest hollows: The South Slovak and Košická hollows.
The
largest ravine: Zádielska valley NNR in the Slovak karst PLA
(a maximum depth of 400 m, a minimum width of 10 m, length of 3 km).
The
highest rock mushroom: Markušovský rock mushroom (a height of
8 m, a diameter of 4 m) in the Markušovský walls NNM.
The
largest rock window: in the Ohnište NNR in the Low Tatry NP
(a height of 19 m, a width of 10 m).
Karst
area: 2,700 km2 (5.5 % of the country's area).
The
largest karst plain: the Silická plain in the Slovak karst PLA.
Caves
and abysses: 3,816 - all protected as NM since 1995.
The
deepest cave: Starý hrad in the Low Tatry NP (-432 m).
The
longest cave system: the Demänovské caves NNM in the Low Tatry
NP (24 km).
The
largest cavern: Rozprávkový dóm in the Stratenská cave in the
Slovak Paradise NP (an area of 9,040 m2 and a volume of 79,017
m3).
The
largest ice cave: the Dobšinská ice cave NNM in the Slovak Paradise
NP (an ice volume of 110,132 m3, a width of 26.5 m).
The
most unique cave: the Ochtinská aragonite cave NNM - a world
heritage site (WHS). The highest stalagmite: 32.4 m in the Krásnohorská
cave
NNM (WHS) in the Slovak karst PLA.