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Poloniny National park

Poloniny National park. Zuzana Gajdo šová 2. D 2012/2013. Content:. Location National park Attractions Vegetation Animals Dark-Sky Park. Location. National park. created on 1 October 1997 protected area of 298 km² the highest point is the mount Kremenec (1,208 m) – the

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Poloniny National park

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  1. Poloniny • National park • Zuzana Gajdošová • 2. D • 2012/2013

  2. Content: • Location • National park • Attractions • Vegetation • Animals • Dark-Sky Park

  3. Location

  4. National park • created on 1 October 1997 • protected area of 298 km² • the highest point is the mount Kremenec (1,208 m) – the easternmost point of Slovakia • open to the public all year

  5. Attractions • The primeval beech forests were proclaimed to be a World Heritage Site UNESCO • Starina - the biggest water reservoir for drinking water in Slovakia • wooden churches in Topoľa, UličskéKrivé and RuskýPotok

  6. Vegetation • a botanical frontier between the Eastand West Carpathians • about1,200 species of vascularplant • forests cover about 80% of the area • poloniny – meadowson the main ridge of the Bukovskévrchy mountain range

  7. Animals • about 5,981 species of Invertebrates and 294 species of Vertebrates • protected bird area • many endemics and protected species: salamander, newt,otter, wildcat, wolf, brown bear, lynx, European bison, Eurasian elk

  8. Dark-Sky ParkPoloniny • 1. dark-sky park in Slovakia and 20. in the world • created on 3 December 2010 • the darkest sky in the Slovakia • AstronomicalObservatory near Kolonica

  9. Sources: • http://www.sopsr.sk/nppoloniny/sk/uvod.php • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poloniny_National_Park • http://poloniny.fussion.info/index.html • http://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_tmavej_oblohy_Poloniny • http://poloniny.svetelneznecistenie.sk/park-tmavej-oblohy/narodny-park-poloniny/ • http://svetelneznecistenie.sk/stars/

  10. Thanks for your attention!

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