Mehedinți Plateau Geopark

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Mehedinți Plateau Geopark
Geoparcul Platoul Mehedinți
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
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Mehedinți Plateau
Map showing the location of Mehedinți Plateau Geopark
Map showing the location of Mehedinți Plateau Geopark
Location within Romania
Location  Romania
20px Gorj County
Actual Mehedinti county CoA.png Mehedinți County
Nearest city Drobeta Turnu-Severin
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[1]
Area 106.500 hectares (263.17 acres)
Established 2005

The Mehedinți Plateau Geopark (Romanian: Geoparcul Platoul Mehedinți) is a protected area (natural park category V IUCN) situated in Romania, on the administrative territory of counties Gorj (5%) and Mehedinți (95%).[2]

Description

The Mehedinți Plateau Geopark with an area of 106,500 ha[3] was declared natural protected area by the Government Decision Number 2152 on November 30, 2004 (publisied in Romanian Official Paper Number 38 on January 12, 2005)[4] and represents a hill area (ravine, gentler valleys, limestone pavements, caves, pit caves, forests, pasture), what shelters a large variety of flora and fauna, some of the species very rarely or endemics.

Protected areas included in park: Complexul carstic de la Ponoarele, Pădurea cu liliac Ponoarele, Cheile Coșutei, Cornetul Babelor și Cerboanei, Cornetul Bălții, Cornetul și Topolniței Cave, Cornetul Bălții, Izvorul și stâncăriile de la Câmana, Pereții calcaroși de la Izvoarele Cășutei and Epuran Cave.

See also

References

  1. ↑ eunis.eea.europa.eu - Geoparcul Platoul Mehedinti (coords); retrieved on June 12, 2013
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ apmmh.anpm.ro (Romanian)
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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