PROJECT COMENIUSPOLISH NATURAL

ENVIRONMENT

All National Parks in Poland

There are 23 national parks

in Poland .

PERCENTAGE OF AFFORESTATION

The Most Important National Parks in Poland

• Białowieski National Park • Tatrzanski National Park• Bieszczacki National Park • Kampinoski National Park • Słowinski National Park

Białowieski National Park

It is a national park located in the north-eastern part of Poland. Founded on 21st November 1947.Known for the protection of the best-preserved part of the Bialowieza Forest, one of the last and largest parts of primeval forest with the area of about 100 km2, and with the world’s largest libertarian population of European bison. Bison is a symbol of the park, after many great effort has been put in saving this animal from the extinction.

Słowinski Park Narodowy

It is located in the central part of the Polish Coast. Founded in 1967. The characteristic elements of the park are coastal lakes, marshes, meadows, bogs, forests and coastal forests, and above all the most important are mobile dunes. The symbol of the Park is a seagull.

This park was founded in 1954. It lies on the southern part of the Polish Tatra Mountains. The Tatra Mountains are the only area of a high altitude in Poland. This park has always had more difficult access and more difficult living conditions for humans. That's why for many centuries this area was not cultivated by man. It protected the Tatra Mountains from larger transformations. The park area is 21,197 ha. The Park belongs to one of the largest national parks in Poland. About 70 per cent. area of the park is covered by forests, and the remaining 30 percent by grass, rocks and water. The sole purpose of the Tatra National Park is a nature preservation.

Tatrzański Park Narodowy

Most frequently ecoutered in Tatrzański NP

Animals:

Chamois Brown Bear Marmot

Plants: Willow veined

Safforn spiski

ANIMALS AND PLANTS IN KAMPINOSKI NATIONAL PARK

Elk Beaver Lynx

Species of trees in the forest:

-oak

-birch

-poplar

-alder

Animals of Bieszczadzki National Park

Deer

Bison Brown bear

Lynx Wild cat

Plants of Bieszczadzki National Park

Dianthus carthusianorum Melampyrum

saxosumAconitum lasiocarpum Rchb

Centaurea kotschyana

Telekia speciosa

Masurian Lakeland

Masurian Lakeland is an area in north-eastern Poland.

It is famous for its more than 2000 lakes. Landscape was shaped by the last glaciation about 1400 – 1500 years ago. A part of the area is covered by deciduous forests. The largest lake in Poland is placed in the Masurian lake district and it is called Śniardwy. Its surface is 113,8 km 2.

Rivers

Poland has an extensive river system and it is in the catchment basin of three seas: the Baltic Sea, Black Sea, North Sea. The longest river in Poland is the Vistula River, its lenght is 1047 km and it starts in a place Barania Mountain (in the Tatra Mountains)

Animals in PolandIn Poland there are from 33 000 to 45 000 species of animals.

The most typical animals for our country are forest species, including wild boars, hares, roe deers and deers.

Roe-deer

Deer Hare

Wild boar

AmphibiansCurrently, there are 18 species of amphibians in Poland . Excluding a grass frog, all the amphibians are protected species.

Salamander is the largest amphibian in Poland.

Leading representatives of this group of animals are frogs, toads and newts.

Grass frog

Toad

Newt

Salamander

ReptilesThere are 10 species of reptiles in Poland .

The main representatives of this group are pond turtles, lizards and snakes.

All national species of reptiles are subject to strict protection in Poland.. Pond turtle Viper

Green lizard

Grass snake

BirdsIn Poland, we have about 370 species of birds.

The most common are 1) sparrows, 2) swallows, 3) crows, 4) larks, 5) starlings 6) woodpeckers.

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Storks are very typical birds for the Polish

landscape. When the cold comes, they fly south for the winter.

There are also birds of prey like:Hawk Eagle Falcon

MammalsThere are 87 species of mammals in Poland.

European Bisons and brown bears are the largest wild mammals in the country. Wolves and foxes are the most numerous animals among

predators. Pygmy shrew is the smalest mammal living in Poland.

European bison Brown bear

Fox Wolves

Pygmy shrew