October 2, 2011
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Pindus Mountain – the spine of Greece and one of the greatest natural wonders Updated: October 2, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More In the northern part of Greece, at the border with Albania, there is one of the most impressive mountain ranges in the country, the mountains of Pindus (known also as Pindos […]
Tags: aigo, chamois, chasm, epos, greece, highest-mountain-in-greece, hiking-trails, impressive-mountain, melting-snow, mount-olympus, mountain-peaks, mountain-ranges, mountains, natural-phenomenon, natural-wonders, nature, oros, pindos, pindus, pindus-mountain, underground-lake, vertical-walls, vikos-gorge, wild-boars, wild-cats
Categories: Greece, Nature
September 18, 2010
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Poloniny National Park is Slovakia’s most remote and wild protected area — a UNESCO-listed wilderness of primeval beech forests, high mountain meadows (poloniny), and traditional wooden churches in the far northeast of the country, where the borders of Slovakia, Poland, and Ukraine meet. Designated a UNESCO World Heritage site as part of the “Ancient and […]
Tags: beech-forests, buffer-zone, eastern-carpathians, landmarks, mountain-meadows, mountain-ranges, national-park, nature, poland, poloniny, poloniny-national-park, potok, sea-level, skala, slovakia, state-borders, ukraine, unesco, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-site, wooden-churches
Categories: Nature, Slovakia
August 31, 2010
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Hohe Tauern National Park is the largest national park in Austria and the biggest protected area in the Alps — a colossal 1,856 km² wilderness spanning the states of Salzburg, Carinthia, and Tyrol that encompasses Austria’s highest peak (Grossglockner, 3,798m), over 300 mountains above 3,000 metres, 342 glaciers, and the spectacular Grossglockner High Alpine Road […]
Tags: alpine-road, austria, biggest-national-park-of-austria, central-alps, central-europe, decades, ecology, grosglockner-hochalpenstrase, highest-mountain, hohe-tauern, krimml-waterfalls, mountain-ranges, mountains, museums, national-park, national-park-hohe-tauern, nature-reserve, palace-in-vienna, salzburg, schonbrunn-palace, spectacular-scenery, tourism, unemployment, upwards
Categories: Austria, Nature
July 26, 2010
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Snowdonia National Park – one of the most visited locations in the United Kingdom Updated: January 5, 2020 | By Claire | More Covering an area of 2,132 square kilometers, the Snowdonia National Park is the third largest national park in the United Kingdom. The park stretches the vast distance between the Cardigan Bay to […]
Tags: area-of-outstanding-natural-beauty, blaenau-ffestiniog, cardigan-bay, coastline, coastlines, conwy-bay, conwy-valley, deciduous-forests, dyfi, england, eryri, green-valleys, habitats, irish-sea, mount-snowdon, mountain, mountain-peaks, mountain-ranges, mountains, mountains-in-wales, nant-ffrancon, national-park, nature, north-wales, northern-edge, prosperous-town, ragged-rocks, sandy-beaches, slate-quarry, snowdon-peak, snowdonia, snowdonia-national-park, snowdonia-wales, southern-boundaries, southern-boundary, square-kilometers, tryfan, united-kingdom, wales, wales-uk, waterfalls, welsh, yr-wyddfa
Categories: Nature, United Kingdom
May 15, 2010
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Low Tatras National Park in Slovakia – popular hiking and skiing area Updated: March 3, 2020 | By Claire | More When it comes to visiting Slovakia, there are two major mountain ranges that are common travel destinations within the country. While these mountain ranges share similarities in name, they are very different destinations to […]
Tags: bats, biological-reserve, brother, cave-cave, caves, chopok, different-destinations, footpath, high-tatras, largest-waterfall, low-tatras, mountain-ranges, national-park, sea-level, share-similarities, sibling, slovakia, summit, szala, tallest-mountains, tatras-national-park, travel-destinations
Categories: Nature, Slovakia
