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Protected Areas Of Slovenia
Protected areas of Slovenia include one national park ( sl, narodni park), three regional parks (), several natural parks (), and hundreds of natural monuments () and monuments of designed nature (). They cover about 12.5% of the Slovenian territory. Under the Wild Birds Directive, 26 sites totalling roughly 25% of the nation's land are "Special Protected Areas"; the Natura 2000 proposal would increase the totals to 260 sites and 32% of national territory. National parks *Triglav National Park Regional parks *Inner Carniola Regional Park *Kozje Park *Škocjan Caves Regional Park Natural parks *Beka Natural Park *Boč Natural Park *Drava Natural Park *Golte Natural Park *Snežnik Castle Complex Natural Park *Jareninski Dol Natural Park *Jeruzalem–Ormož Hills Natural Park *Kamenščak–Hrastovec Natural Park *Kolpa Natural Park *Kum Natural Park *Lahinja Natural Park *Ljubljana Marsh Natural Park *Ljutomer Pond and Jeruzalem Hills Natural Park *Logar Valley Natural Park *Lake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slovenia
Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, and the Adriatic Sea to the southwest. Slovenia is mostly mountainous and forested, covers , and has a population of 2.1 million (2,108,708 people). Slovenes constitute over 80% of the country's population. Slovene, a South Slavic language, is the official language. Slovenia has a predominantly temperate continental climate, with the exception of the Slovene Littoral and the Julian Alps. A sub-mediterranean climate reaches to the northern extensions of the Dinaric Alps that traverse the country in a northwest–southeast direction. The Julian Alps in the northwest have an alpine climate. Toward the northeastern Pannonian Basin, a continental climate is more pronounced. Ljubljana, the capital and largest city of Slovenia, is geogr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |