NATURE OF PREŠOV REGIONRichard 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 • Pieniny National park - PIENAP • National park Poloniny • National Park Nízke Tatry (Low

Tatras) – NAPANT • Slovak Paradise

Tatran National Park

• is the oldest national park in Slovakia• was established on 1st January 1949• The highest point in the NP is the Gerlach

peak (2,655 meters above the sea level).• Area: 73,800 ha (30,703 ha protected)• Pathways network is approximately 600 km long.• In the UNESCO family of International

Biosphere Reserves since 1993.• There are more than 170 mountain lakes of

glacier origin, mountain waterfalls and caves in High Tatras.

• TANAP museum in Tatranská lomnica

NP Pieniny

• The smallest NP covers the area of 3,750 ha.• was arisen on 16th January 1967• There are located following Nature Reserves :• Dunajec River Gorge, • Breakthrough of the Lesnický brook,• Haligovské rocks,• National Nature Monument Aksamitka Cave,• Nature Reserve Kamienka tisina,• Protected Site Pieninské lipy.• great amount of extraordinary species of fauna

and flora

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 Kremenec lies at 1,210 meters above the sea level on a point where the borders of Slovakia, Poland and Ukraine meet.

• The largest and the most known is the primeval forest in the National nature Reservation Stužica.

• Water basin Starina is the largest water basin of drinking water in Slovakia.

NP Low Tatras

• was established on 14th June 1978• is divided into 3 regions – Banská

Bystrica, Žilina and Prešov• Area: 72,800 ha• The highest point in the NP is the

Ďumbier (2,043 meters above the sea level)

• 4 Slovak rivers flow from this NP - Váh, Hron, Hnilec and Hornád.

Slovak Paradise

• was founded in 1890• is divided into 3 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

Dubnícke opálové mines

• are situated at north of the Slanské mountains

• unique habitat of valuable opál and the biggest on the Earth

only there and in South Africa appear have several spieces: pink, blue, red,

green and orange the biggest opal Harlekýn owned Mária

Terézia and weigh 600 grams

Žehra

• significant archeological destination • Main remains: • The Church of Holy Spirit - ancient early

gothic sanctuary was built in 1275• has wonderful fresco paintings• Baroque mansion- is situated in

Hodkovce(part of Žehra), was built in 1703 and has french park

Solivar

• focus of salt on the area about 5x5 km• first mention from this system of mines

is in 1223• Solivar is well-known because of:• special procedure of its manufacturing

(in many buildings by a sophisticated technology )

• its delicious taste, content of minerals

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 be flooded out to

made this basin (Dara, Ostrožnica, Ruské, Smolník, Starina, Veľká Poľana and Zvala)

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: Diablik

močiarny, Rosička mäsožravá, Papraď hrebenistá and other endemits and relicts

Sources

• http://www.po-kraj.sk/en/presov-region/nature/

• http://www.en.wikipedia.org/• http://www.images.google.com/

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