SEVEN WONDERS OF PREŠOV REGION

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SEVEN WONDERS OF PREŠOV REGION

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SEVEN WONDERS OF PREŠOV REGION. 3. TATRA NATIONAL PARK. the oldest national park in Slovakia established on 1 January 1949 the highest point is Gerlach peak (2655) - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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SEVEN WONDER

S OF

PREŠOV REGION

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3. TATRA NATIONAL PARK• the oldest national park in Slovakia• established on 1 January 1949• the highest point is Gerlach peak (2655)• divided into: THE EAST TATRAS

(High Tatra, Belianske Tatra) THE WEST TATRAS

• Park covers the area of 73,800 ha (in the zone of protection- 30,703 ha)

• The mostly visited places: moutain lakes, chalets, peaks, spas

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Mountain lakes• Veľké Hincovo pleso –

area: 20 ha, depth: 53 m)• Štrbské pleso – • area: 19,8 ha, depth: 38 m)

• Nižné Temnosmrečianske pleso – area: 12 ha, depth: 38 m)

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• Belianska cave – only one open to public

• Kmeťov vodopád – the highest waterfall

• Endangered group of plants• Typical animals: chamois, marmot,

eagle, European Brown Bear, lynx, wolf...

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6. PIENINY NATIONAL PARK• The smallest national park in

Slovakia• it covers the area of 3750 ha• The most fabulous and valuable

natural area in Central Europe• The biggest attraction- rafting

through the Dunajec River Gorge• Route leads from Red Monastery to

Goral village Lesnica (9 km)

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• The best- known animals: roe-deer, wild-boar, deer, lynx, black stork, Glaucous Gull, brook trout...

• Symbol of Pieniny: the Three Crowns• Legend about Camaldolese monk Fray

Cyprian

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The RED MONASTERY

• Popular place for tourists• It shelters the museum with

historical, pharmaceutical and ethnographical exposition

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Zuzana Dvorščáková 2.C