Poloniny National Park
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 A typical polonina meadow
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| Official name: Národný park Poloniny | ||
| Named for: typical poloniny meadows | ||
| Country |  Slovakia |
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| Region | Prešov | |
| District | Snina | |
| Range | Bukovské vrchy | |
| Highest point | near Kremenec mountain | |
| - elevation | 1,208 m (3,963 ft) | |
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| Area | 29,805 ha (73,650 acres) | |
| - buffer zone | 10,973 ha (27,115 acres) | |
| Biomes | forests (80%), meadows | |
| Founded | 1 October 1997 | |
| Management | Správa NP Poloniny | |
| - location | Stakčín | |
| UNESCO World Heritage Site | ||
| Name | Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians | |
| Year | 2007 (#31) | |
| Number | 1133 | |
| Criteria | ix | |
  Location in Slovakia
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_-_background_map.png/256px-Prešov_Region_(East)_-_background_map.png) .svg/256px-Poloniny_National_Park_-_location_map_in_Prešov_Region_(East).svg.png) Location in the Prešov Region (core zone in darker green, buffer zone in lighter green)
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| Website: www.sopsr.sk/nppoloniny/ | ||
Poloniny National Park (Slovak: Národný park Poloniny) is a national park in north eastern Slovakia at the Polish and Ukrainian borders, in the Bukovské vrchy mountain range, which belongs to the Eastern Carpathians. It was created on 1 October 1997 with a protected area of 298.05 km² and a buffer zone of 109.73 km². Some parts of the park are a World Heritage Site.
The park is entirely in the Snina District in the Prešov Region. It is adjacent to the Bieszczady National Park in Poland, together they are part of the East Carpathian Biosphere Reserve.
The highest point lies at 1,208 m (3,963 ft) AMSL on a point where the borders of Slovakia, Poland and Ukraine meet, near the summit of Kremenec mountain.
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[edit] Biology and ecology
Forests cover about 80% of the area; beech and beech-fir forests are dominant. The National Park has the highest concentration of old growth forests in Slovakia, which are protected by national nature reserves. Meadows, called poloniny in Slovak, situated on the main ridge of the Bukovské vrchy mountain range are common.
Many species found in the park are endemic and rare. Altogether, 800 fungi and 100 lichens are native to Poloniny. The Poloniny National Park contains about 5,981 known species of invertebrates (for example, 91 molluscs, 1,472 true bugs, 819 butterflies, and 403 spiders) and 294 vertebrates. Vertebrates divide into 13 amphibians, 8 reptiles, 198 birds, 55 mammals, including the Eurasian lynx, bear, and others. About 1,000 species of vascular plants have been found in the park. Many of them are endangered and protected.
[edit] World Heritage Site
The primeval beech forests in Havešová, Stužica, and Rožok (all three areas being in the Bukovské vrchy) were proclaimed by UNESCO to be a World Heritage Site on June 28, 2007 because of their comprehensive and undisturbed ecological patterns and processes.[1]
[edit] See also
[edit] Gallery
 Panoramic view at the Poloniny mountains. |
 View from Poloniny Mountains at the village of Runina. |
[edit] References
- ^ World Heritage Committee inscribes two natural, one mixed, and four cultural sites onto UNESCO’s World Heritage List. UNESCO Press Release N°2007-79 (June 28, 2007). Retrieved on January 29, 2008.
[edit] External links
- Poloniny National Park at Slovakia.travel
- Poloniny National Park at Snina Region homepage
- Official website at the State Nature Conservancy of the Slovak Republic website (Slovak)
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