Transcript nature of pre*ov region

NATURE OF PREŠOV REGION
Richard Gdovin & Marián Opiela II.E
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Introduction
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National Parks
Dubnícke opálové mines
Žehra
Solivar
Starina
Peat bog near Regetovka
Sources
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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/presovregion/nature/
• http://www.en.wikipedia.org/
• http://www.images.google.com/
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