Natural environment

The Tokaj Mountains, which extends in North-South direction, is the most eastern and youngest volcanic part of the North Hungarian Mountains, it is actually the southern part of the (Prešov) Eperjes-Tokaj Mountains or the Tokaj-Eperjes (Prešov) mountain range, it borders on the river Hernád from the West and the Bodrog River from the East. The North Hungarian Mountains are located within the Carpathian Basin. The Tokaj- Eperjes mountain range consisting of three mountain units with its 150 km long ridge is located on the eastern side of the region. Its southern part is called Tokaj Mountains, the middle part is the Szalánci Hills (Slanské vrchy) and its northern part is the Eperjesi Hills (Prešovské vrchy). The Szalánci Hills or Mountains, which form the southern part of the middle section, are located in Hungary. The Great Milic mountain group and the region Hegyköz – with its subsection named Felső-Hegyköz – are situated within these hills. In Slovakia, the Milic is a European special area of interest (SCI) composed of the southern part of the Szalánc (Slanec) Mountains or Hills bordering Hungary. This is a mountainous, forested, sparsely populated landscape on the southern volcanic highland of the Szalánc (Slanec) Mountains. The Milic massif is remarkably partitioned and is composed of a number of individual subunits; the Bradlo strata crag (840 m) and the extended Milic stratovolcano (896 m) are the most important. The mountain range is predominantly covered by clay-stone sediments from the Tertiary age.