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Home > Slovakia > Travel Guide > Tourism > Attractions > Tatra Slovakia

Tatra Slovakia



Tatra Slovakia is the mountain range of Slovakia and it also forms the border between Slovakia and Poland. The maximum range of Slovakia Tatra is approximately 2655m and Tatra are the highest mountain range in the Carpathian Mountains. Tatra Slovakia has certain distinctive similarities and that's why it is quite common among the tourist and an important Slovakia Attractions even. Tatra Mountains Slovakia consists of the Western Tatras, Eastern Tatras, High Tatras and the Belianske Tatra and they are easily differentiated from the other Slovak mountain range.

Tatra Slovakia is unique because this mountain range of Slovakia has undergone massive transformations by the Glaciers and is around 100-230 m thick. The mountains are thus affected by glacial erosions and also formed alpine cliff as large as 1,000 meter high. The Tatra Slovakia lies in the temperate zone and it's in Central Europe. The mountain was affected highly by the global warming around 1980s.

Tatra Slovakia has wide range of Flora and it houses almost more than 1000 vascular plants, about 450 mosses along with good numbers of hepatics, lichens, fungi and slime moulds and five climatic vegetation zones is prevalent in the Tatra Mountains Slovakia. The fauna species are even various and the most prominent mammals are the Tatra Chamois, Marmot, Red Deer and Wild boar.

The Tatra Slovakia were even associated with the human involvement and the mid of the 18th century to 19th century has seen sheep grazing along with the mining. The Slovak National Tatra Park and the Polish national Tatra Park was founded in the year 1949 and 1954 respectively. Thus the Tatra Slovakia is the magnificent and unique part of the Slovakia attractions.





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