National parks of Slovakia

Natália IštokováTamara Haulíková

The list of the national parks

o National park Malá Fatrao National park Muránska planinao National park Nízke Tatry /NAPANT/

o National park Pieniny /PIENAP/

o National park Poloninyo National park Slovenský kraso National park Slovenský rajo National park Veľká Fatrao Tatra’s National Park /TANAP/

The map of Slovakia’s NPs

Unescoo All of these parks are protected by

Unescoo Unesco is an organisation which

protects national parks, monuments, castles and nature .

Nature of these parks

o Most of these parks are in Tatras , where the weather is the coldest in Slovakia

o The mountains are covered mainly with mixed beech forests, at higher elevations with fir and spruce.

o Pine woods and meadows occur at higher altitudes.

Protected plants in these parks

PLESNIVEC ALPÍNSKY

BLEDUĽA JARNÁ KARPATSKÁ HOREC BODKOVANÝ

PONIKLEC SLOVENSKÝ

ASTRA ALPÍNSKA HOREC CLUSIOV

GENTIANA CLUSIIALPINE ASTER

EDELWEISS

PULSATILLA SLAVICA

GENTIANA PUNCTATALEUCOJUM VERNUM

Animals in these parks

o There are lot of protected animals in national parks of Slovakia

o An important component of the Tatra’s fauna consists of endemic species

o There are the most known :• Brown bear• Salamander• Lynx • Wolf

• Chamois

Protected animalsMARMOT CHAMOIS GOLDEN EAGLE

WHITE STORK EUROPEAN BISON TREE FROG

National park Malá Fatra

o It is a national park in the northern part of the Malá Fatra mountains called Krivánska Malá Fatra.

o It has an area of 226.3 km² o The park was created in 1988o The highest hill is Veľký Kriváň -

1 709 m.a.t.s.l.o About 70% of the area is covered by

forests

National park Malá Fatra

National park Muránska planinao It is one of the youngest National

park in Slovakiao It’s located in the central Slovakia in

the districts of Brezno, Rimavská Sobota and Revúca in Banska Bystrica region.

o It covers an area of 203.18 km²o The highest hill is Kľak -

1 408,7 m.a.t.s.l.

National park Muránska planina

National park Nízke Tatry o It is a national park in the central

Slovakiao It has an area of 728 km²o It is the largest national park in

Slovakia.o The highest hill is Ďumbier - 2 043

meters above the sea levels

National park Nízke Tatry

National park Pieniny

o It is a national park in the northern Slovakia

o It’s located in the western Pieniny at the border of Poland

o It has an area of 37.5 km²o It is the smallest national park in

Slovakia

National park Pieniny

National park Poloninyo It’s a national park at the border with

Poland and Ukraine in Polonina’s mountains

o It has an area of  298 km²o The highest hill is called  Kremeneco This park was created on 1st October

1997o It is the easternmost part of Slovakia

National park Poloniny

National park Slovenský kraso It is located in the southwestern part

of eastern Slovakia. o It is situated in the district Rožňava

and Košiceo There are known more than 1,000

caves and gorgeso The highest point is Matesova stone -

925 m.a.t.s.l.o It has an area of 346,11 km²o It was created on 13rd February

2002

National park Slovenský kras

National park Slovenský rajo It was created on 18th April 1988o It is located on the eastern of Slovakiao It has an area of 327.74 km²o There are 350 caves such as Dobšinská

ľadová jaskyňao The highest hill is Predná hoľa -

1 545 m.a.t.s.l.o The park offers a lot of tourist

paths ,which are mostly equipped with ladders, chains and bridges.

National park Slovenský raj

National park Veľká Fatrao The park was created on 1st April

2002o It has an area of 403,71 km²o The highest hill is Ostredok - 1 592

m.a.t.s.l.o Veľká Fatra is also an important

source of drinking water

National park Veľká Fatra

Tatra’s National Parko It is the oldest national park in

Slovakia. o It’s located in the north of central

and eastern Slovakia in the Tatra Mountains.

o It was created on 1st January 1949o It has an area of 738 km²o The highest hill is Gerlachovksý

štít /which is also the highest hill of Slovakia/ - 2 654,4 m.a.s.l.

Tatra’s national park

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