NATIONAL PARKS IN PREŠOV REGION

• There are 180 protected territories in the Prešov region, two protected landscape areas and five national parks.

• National parks:

● Tatra National Park - TANAP ● Pieniny National Park- PIENAP ● ● National Park - NAPANT ● Slovak Paradise National Park • Protected landscape areas:

● Vihorlat Protected Landscape Area ● Eastern Carpathian Mountains Protected Landscape Area

Tatra National Park

• The highest peak in , Gerlachovský štít (2,655 m) is situated in the park

• The park offers 600 km of hiking trails and 16 marked and maintained bike trails

• There are more than 170 mountain lakes of glacier origin, mountain waterfalls and caves

• It is the oldest national park in Slovakia and it was established in 1949

• In 1993, the National Park became a part of the UNESCO World Heritage

Pieniny National Park

• It is the smallest national park in Slovakia with an area of 37.5 km²

• The park was founded on 16 January 1967

• It is famous for its natural beauty, especially the Dunajec River Gorge, which is a popular rafting and hiking location. The park offers traditional folklore and architecture, especially the village of Červený Kláštor with the Museum of National Culture

Poloniny National Park

• Selected areas of the park are included into Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians UNESCO World Heritage Site

• Small herd of Europan Bison was reintroduced in the area in 2004

• The territory of National Park has the highest concentration of the natural forests in Slovakia

• There are precious wooden churches in Topoľa, Uličské Krivé, and Ruský Potok

Low Tatras National Park

• It is located between the Váh River and the River valleys

• It is the largest national park in Slovakia with an area of 1,102 km²

• Four major Slovak rivers rise below the Kráľova hoľa peak: Váh, Hron, Hnilec and Hornád

• The park was established in 1978

• he highest peak is Ďumbier (2,043 m)

Slovak Paradise National Park

• The park offers about 300 km of hiking trails, often equipped with ladders, chains and bridges

• The Slovak Pradise contains about 350 caves and Dobšinská Ice Cave is part of UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2000

• Rivers and streams have formed many canyons, valleys, caves, and waterfalls in the Slovak Paradise, with the Hornád River being most important to the area

• Prielom Hornádu is the longest canyon at 11,7 km, and also contains the greatest diversity of species. The highest waterfall is Závojový vodopád at 70 m

Vihorlat Protected Landscape Area

• The Landscape Area is situated in the middle part of the Vihorlatské vrchy

• It is located in the Humenné, Sobrance and districts

• The protected area was established in 1973 to protect the volcanic Vihorlat Mountain range

• Species in the area include Lynx, Wildcat, Gray Wolf, Otter, Black Stork, Ural Owl and Eagle

• The most extraordinary natural curiosity is the lake Morské Oko

Eastern Carpathian Mountains Protected Landscape Area

• The park was created in 1977

• The most precious part of the Protected Landscape Area is Natural Reserve Hostovické Meadows, which is know for massive occurrence of the Siberian Iris

• The native forest vegetation is suitable for the protected and endangered animals

Thank you for your attention

Jerguš Greššák, II.B