Malá Fatra National Park

The Malá Fatra National Park (Slovak: Národný park Malá Fatra) is a national park in the northern part of the Malá Fatra mountains called Krivánska Malá Fatra.

Malá Fatra National Park
Národný park Malá Fatra
LocationWest Slovakia
Coordinates49°12′50″N 19°04′51″E / 49.213969°N 19.080785°E / 49.213969; 19.080785
Area226.3 km2 (87.37 mi2)
Established1 April 1988
Governing bodySpráva Národného parku Malá Fatra (Malá Fatra National Park administration)

It has an area of 226.3 km2 (87.37 mi2) and a 232.62 km2 (89.81 mi2) buffer zone. The park was declared in 1988. Between 1967 and 1988 it was a protected landscape area. Its highest peak is Veľký Kriváň, with an altitude of 1,708m amsl.[1]

For a geological and geographical description see Malá Fatra.

Flora edit

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:

 
The summit of Malý Kriváň (1,671 m) in the foreground
 
Šútovo Waterfall

Fauna edit

The fauna includes:

Remarkable places edit

References edit

  1. ^ Kalaš Michal, Kicko Ján. "Výskum a ochrana Malej Fatry" (PDF). Štátna ochrana prírody SR. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-06-10.

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