Slovakia is a landlocked Central European country with mountainous regions in the north and flat terrain in the south.[1] During much of the Holocene, Slovakia was much more forested than today.[1] Decline of the forest occurred in as consequence of the Valachian colonization and the development of mining in the territory.[1]
- ^ a b c Vaškovský, Imrich; Vaškovská, Eugenia (1981). "The development of the natural landscape in Slovakia during the Quaternary". Biuletyn Peryglacjalny. 28: 249–258.