Janów Forests Landscape Park

Coordinates: 50°39′26″N 22°21′13″E / 50.6572°N 22.3536°E / 50.6572; 22.3536
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Janów Forests Landscape Park
Park Krajobrazowy Lasy Janowskie (in Polish)
Polish Landscape Park;
2000:
Natura 2000
Special Protection Area

Janów Forests Landscape Park, (

Polish Landscape Park designated protected area in southeastern Poland.[1]

Geography

The park is within two

Podkarpackie Voivodeship (Subcarpathian Voivodeship) and southwestern Lublin Voivodeship. It is located north of Rzeszów and south of Lublin
.

The park protects 39,150 hectares (151.2 sq mi), and has a buffer zone of 60,500 hectares (234 sq mi).[2] It was established in 1984.[1]

Janów Forests Landscape Park is a Natura 2000 EU Special Protection Area.

Features

The park's forest landscape is varied, with meandering rivers and streams,

peat bogs.[1]

Visitor attractions include

Polish folk culture places and events.[1]

The Puszcza Solska Landscape Park is also in the area.

Forest and wetlands in Imielty Ług nature reserve section of the Janów Forests Landscape Park.

Ponds and wetlands

Large complexes of constructed ponds cover a total of more than 2,000 hectares (4,900 acres) with wetlands and open water. They are 150 years old, with many built on natural swamps, taking advantage of the underground geological formations.[1]

The

Imielty Ług nature reserve
is at one of the pond complexes within Janów Forests Landscape Park.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Poland.travel/en-us: Janowskie Forest Landscape Park . accessed 5.22.2016.
  2. ^ "Park Krajobrazowy Lasy Janowskie. [w:] Centralny Rejestr Form Ochrony Przyrody [on-line]. Generalna Dyrekcja Ochrony Środowiska".

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50°39′26″N 22°21′13″E / 50.6572°N 22.3536°E / 50.6572; 22.3536