It is surrounded by the Danubian Lowland, Pohronský Inovec, Vtáčnik Mountains and the Upper Nitra Basin.

It is surrounded by Zlaté Moravce, Topoľčany, Partizánske and Nitra, giving it a rectangular shape.

[1] Tribeč is also part of a larger belt of core mountains; The Fatra-Tatra Area.

Since the popular Slovak bestseller book Trhlina and its follow-up film adaptation with the same name (The Rift), Tribeč became associated with conspiracies.

[citation needed] The history of these strange disappearances dates back to the 18th and 19th century, when the first known legend was written.