Bieszczady National Park

Bieszczady National Park ([bʲɛˈʂt͡ʂadɨ]; Polish: Bieszczadzki Park Narodowy) is the third-largest national park in Poland. It is located in the Subcarpathian region, in the far southeast corner of the country. In 2021, the park was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List as part of the Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe.

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Babia Góra National Park

Babia Góra National Park (Polish: Babiogórski Park Narodowy) is one of 23 national parks in Poland. It is located in the southern part of the country, in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship, on the border with Slovakia. The park’s headquarters are in Zawoja.

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Veľká Fatra National Park

Veľká Fatra National Park (Slovak: Národný park Veľká Fatra) is a national park in Slovakia. Most of the park is located in the southern part of the Žilina Region, and a small part is in the northern part of the Banská Bystrica Region. The park and its protective zone cover most of the Greater Fatra Range (Slovak: Veľká Fatra), which is part of the Outer Western Carpathians.

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Slovak Paradise National Park

Slovak Paradise National Park (Slovak: Národný park Slovenský raj) is one of nine national parks in Slovakia. It is located in East Slovakia and protects the Slovak Paradise mountain range, which is in the north of the Slovenské rudohorie Mountains (Slovak Ore Mountains). The park covers an area of 197.63 km (76.3 mi).

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Slovak Karst National Park

Slovak Karst National Park (Národný park Slovenský kras) is a national park located in the Slovak Karst (Slovenský kras) mountain range in Southeast Slovakia. It is found in the Gelnica, Rožňava, and Košice–okolie districts within the Košice region. The National Park covers an area of 346.11 km² (133.64 mi²), and its buffer zone covers 117.41 km² (45.33 mi²).

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Poloniny National Park

Poloniny National Park (Slovak: Národný park Poloniny) is a national park in northeastern Slovakia, near the borders of Poland and Ukraine. It is located in the Bukovské vrchy mountain range, which is part of the Eastern Carpathians. The park was established on October 1, 1997, and includes a protected area of 298.05 square kilometers (115.08 square miles) and a buffer zone of 109.73 square kilometers (42.37 square miles).

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Muránska planina National Park

Muránska Planina National Park (Slovak: Národný park Muránska planina) is one of the youngest national parks in Slovakia. The core area is 21,318 hectares, and the protective belt is 21,698 hectares. The park includes 14 smaller protected territories.

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Malá Fatra National Park

The Malá Fatra National Park (Slovak: Národný park Malá Fatra) is located in the northern part of the Malá Fatra mountains, specifically in an area called Krivánska Malá Fatra. The park covers an area of 226.3 square kilometers (87.37 square miles) and includes a surrounding area of 232.62 square kilometers (89.81 square miles). It was officially established as a national park in 1988.

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Low Tatras National Park

Low Tatras National Park (Slovak: Národný park Nízke Tatry; abbr. NAPANT) is a national park in Central Slovakia, located between the valleys of the Váh River and the Hron River. The park and the area around it include the entire Low Tatras mountain range.

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Šumava National Park

Šumava National Park, also called Bohemian Forest National Park, is a protected area in the South Bohemian region of the Czech Republic. It is located near the borders with Germany and Austria, where smaller parks like the Bavarian Forest National Park are also found. The park protects a mountain range named Šumava or Bohemian Forest, which has few people living there.

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