Beskydy Landscape Protected Area
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| Beskydy | |
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| Landscape Protected Area | |
 Moravian-Silesian Beskids from Kunčice pod Ondřejníkem
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| Country | Czech Republic |
| Regions | Moravian-Silesian, Zlín |
| Districts | Nový Jičín, Frýdek Místek, Vsetín |
| Area | 119,696 ha (295,775 acre) |
| Highest point | Lysá hora |
| - coordinates | |
| - elevation | 1,323 m (4,341 ft) |
| Lowest point | |
| - location | Bečva at Zubří |
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| - elevation | 350 m (1,150 ft) |
| Biome | forests (71%) |
| Geology | flysch |
| Founded | 1973-03-05 |
| Managed by | Správa CHKO Beskydy |
| - location | Rožnov pod Radhoštěm |
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| Website : nature.hyperlink.cz/Beskydy | |
Beskydy Landscape Protected Area (Czech: Chráněná krajinná oblast Beskydy, usually abbreviated as CHKO Beskydy) is the largest Landscape Protected Area in the Czech Republic. It lies in the south-eastern part of the Moravian Silesian and eastern part of Zlín regions, on the border with Slovakia. All its area belongs to the Outer Western Carpathians and comprises most of Moravian-Silesian Beskids Range, large part of the Vsetínské vrchy Range and the Moravian part of the Javorníky Range. In Slovakia, Kysuce Landscape Protected Area borders the area.
CHKO Beskydy was declared on 1973-03-05 to protect the unique natural features of the area, namely well-preserved primeval forests, species rich meadows and pastures and pseudo-karst elements but also the aesthetic value of the area which is typical for its diversity of habitats developped over the centuries of human settlement: ridge-top meadows and pastures and hamlets scatterd througout the area. Many rare and protected plants and animals can be found in CHKO Beskydy: there has been a stable population of lynxes and bears and wolves regulary cross from Slovakia. As declared the area is 1,160 km² (448 mi²), though more precised figure 1,196.96 km² (462.15 mi²) was obtained using GIS resources.
The area is also an important recreational background for the industrial Ostrava region with large resorts in towns on the edges of CHKO Beskydy: Frýdlant nad Ostravicí, Frenštát pod Radhoštěm, Rožnov pod Radhoštěm and other.
[edit] Resources
- Chráněná krajinná oblast Beskydy. Retrieved on 2007-03-03.
- Rubín, Josef (2003). Národní parky a chráněné krajinné oblasti. Praha: Olympia. ISBN 80-7033-808-3.
- Beskydy PLA. Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic. Retrieved on 2007-03-04.
