Rila National Park

Rila National Park
Location:	Bulgaria
Surface:	81,046 ha
Founding:	1992
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The Rila National Park ( Bulgarian Национален парк "Рила" ) is a national park and has an area of 81,046 hectares.

location

It is located in the mountains of the same name in southwestern Bulgaria and borders the Rila Monastery Nature Park in the west . The highest point in the park is Mount Musala at 2,925 meters , which is also the highest peak of the Rila Mountains and the Balkan Peninsula . Of the three Bulgarian National Parks ( National Park Pirin , National Park Central Balkan Mountains ) National Park Rila is the largest. There are 120 funnel lakes here, while more mountain lakes form at times when the snow melts.

Zoning

The Rila National Park is recognized by the IUCN (World Conservation Union) as a national park (protected area of category II according to the IUCN system). According to the guidelines, at least 75 percent of the area must be designated as a natural dynamic zone (core zone). In this zone nature is completely left to its own devices. If this share of the area is not reached, the areas can be classified as development national parks if they meet these requirements within 30 years.

All four reserves (Parangaliza, Central Rila Reserve , Ibar , Skakawiza) of the park are recognized by the UN List of Protected Areas , with the Parangaliza and Maritschini ezera biosphere reserves (now part of the Central Rila Reserve ) in the UNESCO list for biosphere reserves of the " Man-and-Biosphere ”network.