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NATURE OF PREŠOV REGION

NATURE OF PREŠOV REGION. Richard Gdovin & Marián Opiela II.E. Contents. Introduction Contents National Parks Dubnícke opálové mines Žehra Solivar Starina Peat bog near Regetovka Sources End. National parks. There 5 national parks in Prešov region: Tatran National Park - TANAP

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NATURE OF PREŠOV REGION

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  1. NATURE OF PREŠOV REGION RichardGdovin & Marián Opiela II.E

  2. Contents • Introduction • Contents • NationalParks • Dubnícke opálové mines • Žehra • Solivar • Starina • Peatbognear Regetovka • Sources • End

  3. National parks • There 5 national parks in Prešov region: • Tatran National Park - TANAP • Pieniny National park - PIENAP • National park Poloniny • National Park Nízke Tatry (Low Tatras) – NAPANT • Slovak Paradise

  4. Tatran National Park • is the oldest national park in Slovakia • was established on 1st January1949 • The highestpoint in the NP is the Gerlach peak (2,655 meters above the sea level). • Area: 73,800 ha (30,703 ha protected) • Pathwaysnetwork is approximately 600 km long. • In the UNESCOfamilyof International Biosphere Reserves since1993. • There are more than 170 mountain lakes of glacier origin, mountain waterfalls and caves in High Tatras. • TANAP museum in Tatranská lomnica

  5. NP Pieniny • The smallest NP covers the area of 3,750 ha. • was arisen on 16thJanuary 1967 • There are locatedfollowingNatureReserves: • Dunajec RiverGorge,  • BreakthroughoftheLesnickýbrook, • Haligovskérocks, • National Nature Monument AksamitkaCave, • NatureReserve Kamienka tisina, • ProtectedSite Pieninské lipy. • great amount of extraordinary speciesoffaunaand flora

  6. NP Poloniny • was established on 1st October 1997 with a protected area of 29,805 ha • Its territory is a part of the single Trilateral Biospheric Reserve of Eastern Carpathian Mountains declared in 1993. • In 1999 NP Poloniny was awarded a European Council diploma. • In 2007 the primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathian in Havešová, Rožok, and Stužica (all of them being located in Bukovské hills) were added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage. • The highest peak Kremeneclies at 1,210 meters above the sea level on a point where the borders of Slovakia, Poland and Ukrainemeet. • The largest and the most known is the primeval forest in the National nature Reservation Stužica. • WaterbasinStarina isthelargestwaterbasinofdrinkingwater in Slovakia.

  7. NP LowTatras • was established on 14thJune 1978 • isdividedinto3 regions– Banská Bystrica, Žilina and Prešov • Area: 72,800 ha • Thehighest point in the NP istheĎumbier (2,043 metersabovethesealevel) • 4 Slovak riversflowfromthis NP - Váh, Hron, HnilecandHornád.

  8. Slovak Paradise •  was founded in 1890 • isdividedinto3 regions– Banská Bystrica, Prešov and Košice • Area: 19,700 ha • The park offers about 300 km of hiking trails, often equipped with ladders, chains and bridges. • The Slovak Pradise contains about 350 caves, but only the Dobšinská Ice Cave, which is since 2000 a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is open to the public. • has the highest concentration of butterflies in Slovakia with 6.06 butterflies per km²

  9. Dubníckeopálové mines • are situated at north of the Slanskémountains • uniquehabitat of valuable opál and the biggest on the Earth only there and in SouthAfricaappear have severalspieces: pink, blue, red, green and orange the biggest opal Harlekýnowned Mária Terézia and weigh 600 grams

  10. Žehra • significantarcheologicaldestination • Main remains: • TheChurchofHolySpirit- ancientearlygothicsanctuary was built in 1275 • has wonderfulfrescopaintings • Baroquemansion- is situated in Hodkovce(part of Žehra), was built in 1703 and has french park

  11. Solivar • focus of salt on the area about 5x5 km • firstmention from this system of mines is in 1223 • Solivar is well-knownbecause of: • special procedure of its manufacturing (in many buildings by a sophisticated technology ) • its delicious taste, content of minerals

  12. Starina • water basin built on the river of Cirocha in Poloniny • coesxtends on the area of 240 ha • supplies water to almost all eastern Slovakia (Košice, Prešov, Poprad) • 7 villages had to befloodedouttomade this basin(Dara, Ostrožnica, Ruské, Smolník, Starina, Veľká Poľana and Zvala)

  13. Peat bog near Regetovka • is a natural phenomenon of the Svk • this peat bog (moss) is a place covered with typical but very special plants, f.e. • bryophyte, lichen • basic biomass in this location produces Spraghnum with especially sour soil • the most valuable is its flora: Diablikmočiarny, Rosička mäsožravá, Papraď hrebenistá and otherendemitsandrelicts

  14. Sources • http://www.po-kraj.sk/en/presov-region/nature/ • http://www.en.wikipedia.org/ • http://www.images.google.com/

  15. TheEND Thank for you attention 

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