Valbonatal National Park

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Parku Kombëtar Lugina e Valbonës
In the Valbonatal
In the Valbonatal
Valbonatal National Park (Albania)
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Coordinates: 42 ° 27 ′ 12 ″  N , 19 ° 53 ′ 16 ″  E
Location: Qark Kukës , Albania
Specialty: Mountain landscape
Next city: Bajram Curr
Surface: 8,000 hectares
Founding: 1966
Satellite image of the Albanian Alps with the upper Valbonatal (middle right)
Satellite image of the Albanian Alps with the upper Valbonatal (middle right)
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The Valbonatal National Park ( Albanian  Parku Kombëtar Lugina e Valbonës ) protects part of the Albanian Alps in the upper valley of the Valbona in northern Albania . It is an untouched high mountain landscape on the south and east side of the Jezerca , the highest mountain in Albania, which lies entirely within the national borders, as well as in the upper section of the Valbona valley including the towns of Valbona and Rrogam . Extensive forests lie along the flanks of the valleys. The higher regions of the karst mountains are characterized by alpine mats . In some shady regions in the area of ​​Jezerca and Maja Grykat e Hapëta there are small snow and firn fields as well as several small glaciers all year round.

The national park covers an area of ​​8000 hectares and was founded in 1966. Despite the population decline due to the remote location, a modest tourist infrastructure has developed in recent years.

There is a footpath across the Qafa e Valbonës to the neighboring Theth National Park .

In 2016, resistance arose from the local population and from environmental activists against the planned construction of six hydropower plants , as these would not only disrupt the protected area, but also negatively affect tourism.

literature

  • Volker Grundmann: Travel Guide Albania . Unterwegs Verlag, Singen 2008, ISBN 978-3-86112-257-9 .
  • Wolfgang Fremuth (editor): Albania - Guide to it's Natural Treasures , Verlag Herwig Klemp, Tirana 2000, ISBN 3-931323-06-4 .

Web links

Commons : National Park Valbonatal  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Fatjona Mejdini: Campaigners say Power Plants will Wreck 'Albania's Alps'. In: Balkan Insight . April 13, 2016, accessed April 14, 2016 .