Malá Fatra National Park
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| Malá Fatra National Park Národný park Malá Fatra |
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| IUCN Category II (National Park) | |
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| Location | West Slovakia |
| Area | 226.3 km² (87.37 mi²) |
| Established | 1 April 1988 |
| Governing body | Správa Národného parku Malá Fatra (Malá Fatra National Park administration) |
The Malá Fatra National Park (Slovak: Národný park Malá Fatra) is a national park in in the northern part of the Malá Fatra mountains called Krivánska Malá Fatra.
It has an area of 226.3 km² (87.37 mi²) and a 232.62 km² (89.81mi²) buffer zone. The park was declared in 1988. Between 1967 and 1988 it was a protected landscape area.
For a geological and geographical description see Malá Fatra.
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[edit] Flora
The mountain is covered mainly with mixed beech forests, at higher elevations with fir and spruce. Pine woods and meadows occur at higher altitudes. About 83% of the area is covered in forest.
In the variety and beauty of flora species, the following examples stand out as the most remarkable:
- gentian (Gentiana clusii)
- auricula (Primula auricula)
- Dianthus nitidus
- round-leaved sundew (Drosera rotundifolia)
- lady's slipper orchid (Cypripedium calceolus).
[edit] Fauna
The fauna includes:
- golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos),
- eagle-owl (Bubo bubo)
- black stork (Ciconia nigra)
- brown bear (Ursus arctos)
- lynx (Lynx lynx)
- Beech Marten (Martes foina)
- European Otter (Lutra lutra)
- wildcat (Felis silvestris)
- Gray Wolf (Canis lupus).
[edit] Remarkable places
- Kryštálová jaskyňa (Crystal Cave) with calcite decoration, located in the Malý Rozsutec Mountain
- the 38 metres high Šútovo Waterfall
- castles, such as the Strečno Castle and Starhrad
- traditional architecture: Štefanová and Podšíp settlements
- Slovak folklore centres, such as the village of Terchová
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