Strážov Mountains Protected Landscape Area ( sk, Chránená krajinná oblasť Strážovské vrchy) is one of the 14 protected landscape areas in

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. The Landscape Area is situated in the Strážov Mountains and the

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, part of the

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, and

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districts. The area protects , of which 78% are covered with forests, 19% with

farmland Agricultural land is typically land ''devoted to'' agriculture, the systematic and controlled use of other forms of lifeparticularly the rearing of livestock and production of cropsto produce food for humans. It is generally synonymous with bot ...

and 3% with built-up and water areas. The highest point is Strážov Mountain at .

History

The Protected Landscape Area was established on 27 January 1989. Protected areas declared before include the national nature reserves of Súľov Rocks (declared in 1973) and Strážov (1981) and the nature reserve of Kostolecká tiesňava Ravine (1970).Kostolecká tiesňava at enviroportal.sk
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Geography

The highest mountains in the Strážov Mountains are Strážov at , Sokolie at and Vápeč at . The highest mountains in the Súľov Mountains are Veľký Manín at and Žibrid at .

References

External links

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