Magura National Park

The National Park Magura (Polish Magurski Park Narodowy ) is a national park in south-eastern Poland. It is located in the Low Beskids, a part of the Outer Eastern Carpathians, on the Polish- Slovak border. The central part of the national park is the Magura Wątkowska - back with the Wątkowa (847 m asl ), the highest summit. In addition, the National Park is the headwaters of the Wisłoka.

Geography

The National Park is located in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship and Little Poland. The landscape of this area is typical of the Low Beskid mixture of wooded dome-shaped hills that are criss-crossed by river and stream valleys. These geological features such as the natural monument Diabli Kamien ( " Devil's Rock " ) and the nature reserve Kornuty. The Wisłoka, which is a mountain river with many tributaries a characteristic element of the landscape, creates in the territory of the national park some remarkable breakthroughs and turns.

Flora

The flora of the national park showing the typical features of a transition region between the Eastern and Western Carpathians. This outweigh outweigh the forest communities unique among the plant communities occurring here. On the Vorgebirgsstufe (up to 530 m asl ) oak-hornbeam forests, and swamp alder forests are mostly to be found, while the lower mountain forest zone ( 530 m above sea level to the summit ) prevails Buchenwald. But there are also pine forests and pine forests to someone else.

Fauna

Within the Low Beskid the National Park is one of the most important refuges for animals. 137 bird species are represented here, including many rare and endangered species such as the golden eagle, lesser spotted eagle ( later on in the emblem of the National Park ), the owl and the honey buzzard, as well as birds with large population such as the black stork, Uraleule and white-backed woodpecker. In addition, 35 species of mammals are found here, including the brown bear, the lynx, the wild cat, the wolf and the otter.