Cozia National Park
Cozia National Park | |
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Parcul Național Cozia | |
Location within Romania | |
Location | Vâlcea County Romania |
Nearest city | Băile Olăneşti |
Coordinates | 45°22′01″N 24°15′54″E / 45.367°N 24.265°E[1] |
Area | 17,100 hectares (42,000 acres) |
Established | 2000, designation 1966 |
Website | www.cozia.ro |
The Cozia National Park (Romanian: Parcul Național Cozia) (national park category II IUCN) is situated in Romania, in the north-east part of Vâlcea County, in administrative territory of localities Brezoi, Călimănești, Racoviţa, Perișani, Sălătrucel and Berislăvești.[2]
Location
The National Park is located in the central-southern of the Southern Carpathians, in the south-eastern Lotru Mountains and the east of Căpățânii Mountains on the middle course of Olt River.
Description
Cozia National Park with an area of 171 km²[3] was declared a natural protected area by the Law Number.5 of March 6, 2000 (published in Romanian Official Paper, No.152 on April 12, 2000)[4] and represents a mountainous area with flora and fauna specific Southern Carpathians. Besides its peculiar aspect of flora elements, Cozia National Park has a good number of lichen species. Mustafa YAVUZ and Dr. Gülşah ÇOBANOĞLU from Turkey studied Lichen Flora of Cozia National Park in 2007[5] In 2017, two old-growth forests were inscribed in the Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe nature site.[6]
References
- ^ eunis.eea.europa.eu - Cozia National Park - coords.; retrieved on June 05, 2012
- ^ http://www.cozia.ro/comunitati.html
- ^ Template:Ro icon apmvl.anpm.ro - Agenţia pentru Protecţia Mediului Vâlcea; retrieved on June 05, 2012
- ^ Template:Ro icon cdep.ro - Legea Nr.5 din 6 martie 2000; retrieved on June 05, 2012
- ^ Template:En icon - Additional and new lichen records from Cozia National Park, Romania; retrieved on June 01, 2016
- ^ http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1133