Protected landscape area Poľana

Protected landscape area Poľana ; Chránená krajinná oblasť Poľana
Location:	Banskobystrický , Slovakia
Next city:	Brezno , Detva , Hriňová , Zvolen
Surface:	203.60 km²
Founding:	August 12, 1981
Address:	Správa CHKO BR Poľana ; ul. JM Hurbana 20 ; 960 01 Zvolen
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The Poľana Protected Landscape Area ( Chránená krajinná oblasť Poľana in Slovak ) is a protected landscape area right in the heart of Slovakia . It encompasses both the eponymous Po Gebirgeana Mountains and part of the Veporské vrchy and lies entirely in the political district of Banskobystrický kraj (Okresy Banská Bystrica , Brezno , Detva and Zvolen ). The UNESCO Poľana Biosphere Reserve has been established here since 1990.

The administrative seat is in Zvolen .

geography

Poľana ( 1458 m nm )

The CHKO Poľana is located in the middle of Slovakia; on the mountain Hrb ( 1255 m nm ) on the northern border lies the geographical center of Slovakia. The majority of the area is formed by the Poľana Mountains , which belong to the Slovak Central Uplands . It is an extinct volcanic mountain range, the heart of which is the tertiary stratovolcano Poľana. The central part is formed by a caldera, an almost exactly annular depression, the cross section of which is about seven kilometers (for comparison, the cross section of the entire volcano is about 18 km). The Hučava brook breaks through one side of the caldera and collects other brooks from the area to flow into the Slatina at Zvolen . On the ridge near the caldera are the six highest mountains in the mountains, including the Poľana ( 1458 m nm ). The eastern part of the CHKO is called Veporské vrchy . In contrast to Poľana, it belongs to the Slovak Ore Mountains . The whole area is also characterized by bizarre rock formations.

The whole area belongs to the catchment area of Hron .

Flora and fauna

Forests predominate in the area of the CHKO. In some places the view opens up from the mountain meadows, which are locally called poľany (singular poľana ), which also gave the mountains its name. In addition to the economic forests, you can still find primeval forests in some places, for example in the Zadná Poľana nature reserve. Spruce , beech and mountain ash grow here . Here the warmth-loving flora mixes with a mountain flora. Among the protected plant species, one can find the Hungarian soldanelle , globe flower , pine bear moss , crown light carnation , the round-leaved sundew and the Siberian iris , as well as plants from the orchid family .

From the bird species you can here spotted eagle , eagle owl , pygmy owl , white-backed woodpeckers , ring chokes and black storks find. Brown bears , wolves and lynxes live constantly in the forests .

Special nature protection

Národné prírodné rezervácie (NPR, National Nature Reserves)

Hrončecký grúň (55.3 ha, since 1964)

Ľubietovský Vepor (236.88 ha, 1967)

Zadná Poľana (855.49 ha, 1972)

Národné prírodné pamiatky (NPP, National Natural Monuments)

Vodopád Bystrého potoka (3.98 ha, since 1982)

Prírodné pamiatky (PP, natural monuments)

Bátovský balvan (0.03 ha, since 1964)

Havranka (0.013 ha, 1992)

Jánošíková skala (1.68 ha, 1964)

Kalamarka (1.28 ha, 1977)

Melíchova skala (0.30 ha, 1964)

Spády (0.14 ha, 1988)

Veporské skalky (5.22 ha, 1981)

Prírodné rezervácie (PR, nature reserves)

Havranie skaly (32.65 ha, since 1997)

Kopa (5.69 ha, 2001)

Mačinová (4.86 ha, 1993)

Pod Dudášom (6.24 ha, 1980)

Pri Bútľavke (21.5 ha, 1993)

Príslopy (0.22 ha, 1988)

Vrchslatina (18.05 ha, 1993)

Chránené areály (CHA, Protected Areas)

Dolná Zálomská (2.48 ha, 2000)

Horná Chrapková (1.06 ha, 1999)

Hrochotská Bukovina (0.24 ha, 2000)

Meandre Kamenistého potoka (1991)

Source:

literature

Ján Lacika, Kliment Ondrejka: Prírodné Krásy Slovenska - Chránené krajinné oblasti . Ed .: DAJAMA. 1st edition. Bratislava 2009, ISBN 978-80-89226-29-0 .

Individual evidence

↑ Štátny zoznam osobitne chránených častí prírody SR

Web links

[1] Štátny zoznam osobitne chránených častí prírody SR