A walk through the highest mountains in Poland

MOUNTAIN • POLAND • TATRAS

Tatra - a mountain range which forms a natural border between Slovakia and Poland. Peaks Gerlachovský Peak (Slovakia) and Rusty (Poland) are the highest points in these countries. We suggest you take a photo tour through the mountains Tatra Mountains.

 1. Tatras occupy an area of 750 square kilometers, most of which (600 square kilometers) lies on the territory of Slovakia, and the highest point - Gerlachovský (2655 m) is located north of Poprad.

 2. In turn, Rysy (2499 m), located in the northwestern part of the Tatras. This is the highest point in Poland.

 3. Tatras lie in the temperate zone of Central Europe.

 4. This is an important barrier to air masses. Their mountain typography is the source of one of the most diverse climates in the region.

 5. The temperature ranges from 40 ° C in winter to 33 ° C in the warmer months.

 6. The temperature is also dependent on the height and the sunny side. Temperatures below 0 ° C stands atop the 192 days.

 7. In the mountains a very diverse flora. It grows more than 1,000 species of vascular plants, 450 species of moss, 200 species of liverwort, 700 lichens, 900 fungi and slime mold 70.

 8. In the Tatras five climatic zones.

 9. Animal Kingdom is no less diverse: 54 tardigrades, 22 turbellarians species, 100 species of rotifers, copepods, 22 species, 162 species of spiders. 81 species of molluscs, 43 species of mammals, 200 species of birds, 7 species of amphibians, and 2 species of reptiles.

10. The Polish part of the Tatra Mountains was declared a national park in 1955. The lower parts of the mountains are covered with forest.