Corsica Regional Natural Park
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| Location: | Corsica , France | ||
| Surface: | 350,000 ha | ||
| Surface: | 3,500 km² | ||
| Founding: | 1972 | ||
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The Corsica Regional Nature Park (French: Parc naturel régional de Corse ) is a natural park in France . It was founded in 1972 and covers an area of about 350,000 hectares over about 40% of the island of Corsica .
Geographical location
The park extends over both departments of Corsica, Corse-du-Sud and Haute-Corse , and includes around 80 municipalities . It has an area of around 350,000 hectares. The Col de Bavella mountain pass and the Grande Randonnée 20 long-distance hiking trail lead through the nature park . In the north-west it finds its natural limit on the sea coast of the nature reserves of the Gulf of Porto and the La Scandola peninsula . The park administration is located in Ajaccio , outside the park area.
Flora and fauna
The geographic attractions that are located in the area of the nature park include the Forêt de L'Ospédale , Forêt de Bavella , Forêt de Valdu-Niellu , Lac de Nino and the Calanche .
The nature park is also home to more than 800 different animal species, including ospreys , golden eagles , puffins , bearded vultures , cormorants and mouflons .
The flora of the park includes thyme, rosemary, myrtle, lavender, gorse, strawberry trees , juniper and mastic bushes as well as the maquis native to Corsica , low-stemmed bushes that grow up to an altitude of 400 m on the plateaus and on the mountain slopes. Furthermore, prickly pear cacti ( opuntia ), olive trees, agaves and aloes can be found in the lower mountain ranges . In the higher elevations, on the other hand, cork oaks , beach pines , beeches and sweet chestnuts grow, and above 1500 m alder and Corsican black pines.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Corsica Natural Parc and other natural reserves in Corsica. Corsica Travel Guide, accessed January 3, 2013 .
- ↑ Corsica - The Natural Park. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 26, 2013 ; Retrieved January 3, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed January 3, 2013 .
- ↑ Nature and the environment in Corsica. Retrieved January 3, 2013 .
- ↑ Gypaète barbu. (No longer available online.) Parc naturel régional de Corse, archived from the original on October 25, 2012 ; Retrieved January 3, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ U Cervu Corsu, Le Cerf de Corse (Cervus elaphus Corsicanus). (No longer available online.) Parc naturel régional de Corse, archived from the original on October 25, 2012 ; Retrieved January 3, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Flora and Fauna ( Memento of the original from January 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on korsika.fr, accessed January 3, 2013.
