Vihorlat protected landscape area

Protected landscape area Vihorlat ; Chránená krajinná oblasť Vihorlat
	Vihorlat mountain in winter
Location:	Košický , Prešovský , Slovakia
Next city:	Humenné , Michalovce , Snina , Sobrance
Surface:	174.85 km²
Founding:	December 28, 1973
Address:	Správa CHKO Vihorlat ; ul.Fraňa Kráľa 1 ; 071 01 Michalovce
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The Vihorlat Protected Landscape Area ( Chránená krajinná oblasť Vihorlat in Slovak ) is a protected landscape area in eastern Slovakia . It covers the central and eastern part of the Vihorlat Mountains , which are counted among the Eastern Carpathians . The area is divided between the political districts Košický kraj (Okresy Michalovce and Sobrance ) and Prešovský kraj (Okresy Humenné and Snina ) and covers an area of 174.85 km². Part of the area is covered by the Valaškovce military area .

The administrative seat is in Michalovce . The landscape protection area was proclaimed in 1973 and the relevant law was changed in 1999.

geography

Lake Morské oko as seen from Sninský kameň

The Vihorlat Mountains are of volcanic origin. The majority of the part lying in the CHKO is shaped by volcanic rocks that were formed during the volcanic activity of the late Tertiary. Various rock formations such as the one on the summit of Sninský kameň ( 1006 m nm ) emerged later . The highest mountain is the Vihorlat with 1076 m nm

The area belongs to the catchment area of Laborec , a larger lake area in the vicinity is the Zemplínska šírava reservoir . The river Okna flows through the mountains , at whose upper reaches the lake Morské oko (" sea eye ", approx. 620 m nm) was created by landslides of the volcanic rock , together with the much smaller lake Malé Morské oko . Lake Kotlík is located even higher at an altitude of 850 m nm

Flora and fauna

The area is heavily forested and provides a contrast with the largely deforested Východoslovenské lowland . In Mountain dominate the deciduous trees growing in deeper layers of oaks and hornbeam , above book by the rocky slopes maples and ash . Due to the location of the mountains and its climatic characteristics, West Carpathian, East Carpathian and Pannonian plant species grow here. Typical mountain plants such as Carpathian soldanelle grow on the north side , while more heat-loving plants are represented on the south side. The legally protected plants include spring knot flower , large telekie or Eastern Carpathian monkshood .

The influence of the Eastern Slovak Lowlands and the Eastern Carpathians can also be felt in the animal world. To date, more than 2,000 species of invertebrates are known. Some typical vertebrates are the Carpathian newt , mountain newt , Aesculapian snake and almost 100 species of nesting birds, e.g. As black stork , honey buzzard , spotted eagle or snake eagle . Predators such as the wolf , lynx , otter and wildcat are also present in the forests.

Special nature protection

Andesite beams on Mount Vihorlat

Andesitbalken kameň on the mountain Sninský

Národné prírodné rezervácie (NPR, National Nature Reserves)

Jovsianska hrabina (257.58 ha, since 1953)

Morské oko (108.48 ha, 1984)

Motrogon (60.63 ha, 1980)

Postákvka (25.91 ha, 1980)

Vihorlat (50.89 ha, 1986)

Prírodné pamiatky (PP, natural monuments)

Čierny potok (2.76 ha, since 1988)

Malé Morské oko (2.07 ha, 1993)

Sninský kameň (5.59 ha, 1982)

Prírodné rezervácie (PR, nature reserves)

Baba pod Vihorlatom (43.13 ha, since 1999)

Drieň (11.25 ha, 1993)

Ďurova mláka (2.13 ha, 1980)

Jedlinka (34.56 ha, 1988)

Lysá (3.95 ha, 1993)

Lysák (4.44 ha, 1993)

Machnatý vrch (4 ha, 1988)

Pod Tŕstim (8.44 ha, 1993)

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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