National parks in Austria
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Nationalparks
in Austria
Austria`s first national park, established in 1981
the biggest protected national region in the Alps
(1 856km²)
part of the federal states Salzburg, Carinthia and the Tyrol
Young groundhogs
warn each other by whisteling
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcTaTsGnK7A
The „BIG FIVE“ of the Alps
The Bearded Vulture
Wingspan up to 2,9 m
Worldwide one of the biggest
flying birds
The Golden Eagle
Bird of pray
Wingspan up to 2,2 m
The Griffon Vulture
stays in the Alps only over summer
The Alpine Ibex
The buck has got enormous horns
that are up to 1m long.
good at climbing and jumping
on the rocks
The fur of the Chamoise`s back is
used to produce a „Gamsbart“
The Chamois
Founded in 1993
Transboarder national park together with the
Hungarian Fertö – Hansàg – Nemzeti - Park
Neusiedler See is the most western steppe lake
A reed belt surrounding the lake is habitat for rare species
founded in 1996
located in areas of Lower Austria and Vienna
„green lung“ and climate regulator between Vienna and
Bratislava in Slovakia
biggest connected floodplain in Middle Europe housing
an unbelievable amount of species
White tailed
seaeagle
largest Austrian forest preserve
spectacular canyons, mountain rivers
mixture of spruce, beech and fir trees
habitat for rare and endangered species as lynx or
lady`s slipper
established in 1997
founded in 2000
located in Lower Austria and the Czech Republic
the smallest Austrian National Park with the smallest
Austrian town (80 inhabitants)
1288 different plant species
habitat of the European Wild Cat
landscape with most biodiversity
the youngest national park, opened in 2002
located in the federal state Styria, near the river Enns
50% covered by forests
home of 1000 different butterflies
89 endemic animal and at least 15 plant species
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