Georelief Transfiguration in Areas Affected by Open-cast Mining

Open-cast mining activity is causing the largest georelief transfigurations all over the World. In our conditions are affected large localities in the North-west Bohemia (the Czech Republic). In this area we focus on a very significant case of the royal town Most, where a town has been turned into a lake. The main aim of this paper is the reconstruction of the original georelief in different time periods together with analysis showing the process of landscape devastation.