East Carpathian Biosphere Reserve
Appearance
East Carpathian Biosphere Reserve | |
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![]() The East Carpathian Biosphere Reserve | |
Location | Central-Eastern Europe |
Coordinates | 49°04′56″N 22°34′04″E / 49.08222°N 22.56778°E |
Area | 2,132.11 km2 (823.21 sq mi) |
Established | 1992 |
The East Carpathian Biosphere Reserve is a transboundary protected area, designated as an area of global importance under UNESCO's Programme on Man and the Biosphere.
It is located in the Eastern Carpathians and includes parts of three countries: Poland, Slovakia and Ukraine.
The Biosphere reserve covers a total area of 2,132.11 square kilometres (823.21 sq mi).
Overview
[edit]The reserve was originally designated as a Polish–Slovak transboundary reserve in 1992; it was extended to include the Ukrainian part in 1998.
It includes the following national protected areas:
- In Poland
- Bieszczady National Park (Bieszczadzki Park Narodowy) and the two neighbouring landscape parks called Cisna-Wetlina Landscape Park (Ciśniańsko-Wetliński Park Krajobrazowy) and San Valley Landscape Park (Park Krajobrazowy Doliny Sanu);
- In Slovakia
- Poloniny National Park (Národný Park Poloniny) and adjacent areas;
- In Ukraine
- Uzh National Nature Park and Nadsianskyi Regional Landscape Park.
See also
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Categories:
- Protected areas of the Eastern Carpathians
- Biosphere reserves of Poland
- Biosphere reserves of Slovakia
- Biosphere reserves of Ukraine
- National parks of Poland
- National parks of Slovakia
- National parks of Ukraine
- 1992 establishments in Europe
- Protected areas established in 1992
- Slovakia geography stubs
- Poland geography stubs
- Ukraine geography stubs
- European protected area stubs