Nature in Poland

Tatras mountains The highest range in the Carpathian Mountains. Tatras area is 785 square kilometers, of which about 175 square kilometers lies within Polish. Tatra Mountains are protected by the establishment in their area Polish Tatra National Park and the membership to the World Network of Biosphere Reserves.

Holy Cross Mountains The mountain is located in south-eastern Poland. Holy Cross Mountains are one of the oldest mountain ranges in Poland and in Europe. Characteristic landscape of the highest parts of the Holy Cross Mountains are steep slopes and deeply incised valleys and rocks.

Table mountains Massif in the Central Sudetes. Uplifted before 30 million years ago are among the few in Europe mountains plate. The western part of the Table Mountains is located in the Czech Republic.

Vistula river Vistula- longest river in Polish, as well as the longest river flows into the Baltic Sea, with a length of 1047 km. It flows through the cities of Warsaw, Bydgoszcz, Toruń, Krakow.

Oder river Oder - river in Central Europe, in the Baltic Sea drainage basin, in the Czech, Polish and German. In terms of the total length is the second (after the Vistula) river Polish. The river has a length of 854.3 km. The biggest cities are on the Oder Wroclaw, Szczecin and Opole in Poland and Ostrava in the Czech Republic.

Baltic Sea The Baltic Sea is called the inland sea of northern Europe, because all sides is surrounded by land. The area of the Baltic Sea is 392 979 km².Baltic Sea affects about 250 rivers, the largest of which are: the Vistula, the Oder, Neva, Kemi, Niemen, Lule, Gota, Angerman and Daugava.

Sniardwy lake Śniardwy- the largest lake in Poland, in Warmia- Mazury, located in the Land of the Great Mazury Lakes. The depth of the lake is up to 23.4 m.

Hańcza lake It is the deepest lake in Poland and throughout the central part of the European Plain. The waters of the lake Hańcza among the first class quality, transparency reaches up to 6 m. The lake has an area of 311.4 ha, the average depth of 38.7 m, length of 4530 m. The lake is an attractive place for practicing diving.

Wawel The hill on the platform Krakow in Krakow, in the District and the Old Town, on the left bank of the Vistula; historical district of Krakow. Wawel is built from computing 161-155 million years Jurassic limestone. The hill rises to a height of approx. 228 m asl. In 1994, Wawel was declared a historical monument.

Wieliczka salt mine Salt mine in Wieliczka near Krakow. Salts mined in the mine are from the Miocene. Wieliczka Salt Mine in 2007. In the poll "Rzeczpospolita" has been recognized as one of the seven wonders of the Polish, winning the largest number of votes. In 2015 the underground mine was visited by 1 390 thousand. guests and 156 thousand benefited from the brine graduation tower.

Bialowieza Forest The forest complex is located in the Polish and Belarus, distinguished by large natural values and history. In the Bialowieza Forest survived the last fragments of the original forest character. Here lives the largest population of free bison in the world.

Slowinski National Park One of the 23 national parks in Poland. Established on 1 January 1967. It has an area of 32 744 ha. The characteristic elements of the park are as the coastal lakes, marshes, meadows, bogs, coastal forests and woods, and especially dune belt spit of shifting sand dunes.

Oak Bartek One of the oldest oaks in Poland, since 1954 protected by law as a natural monument. According to measurements made in 2013, the tree is 28.5 meters high. Oak Bartek counts of 645 to 670 years, although according to tradition, the tree is 1,200 years.

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