Northern Hungary Research Articles

The microvegetation of a small ice-cave in Hungary

The algal flora of a small, artificial, ice-cave located in Northern Hungary is described. In this cave 23 species of algae (see in Table 3) were found of which the Cyanophyta and Chlorophyta occurred with approximately equal number. (9 vers. 11) It was found that the primary limiting factor influencing the penetration of the algae into the cave is the low temperature and not the lack of light.

The Slavs of Northern Hungary

The Slavs of northern Hungary inhabit the mountainous country on the southern slopes of the northern Carpathian Mountains and reach in both the west and the east as far south as 48? N. latitude. The area may be divided into three main divisions: Slovachia in the west which marches with Moravia in Austria, the home of the Moravians who are akin td the Slovaks; Ruthenia-Slovachia in the centre, which borders Galicia on the north with the Poles in the west of Galicia and the Ruthenians in the east; and Ruthenia in the east which touches eastern Galicia and Bukovina, so that the Ruthenians lie on both sides of the Hungarian boundary. Within the confines of Hungary, Slovachia adjoins German Magyaria which lies south and west of the Danube and north of the Drave; Ruthenian Slovachia marches with Magyaria in Central Hungary, and Ruthenia lies north of Rumanian Hungary.