The Cozia National Park (Romanian: Parcul Național Cozia) (national park category II IUCN) is located in south-central Romania, in the northeast part of Vâlcea County, in the administrative territory of localities Brezoi, Călimănești, Racoviţa, Perișani, Sălătrucel and Berislăvești.[2]
| Cozia National Park | |
|---|---|
| Parcul Național Cozia | |
 The Cozia Massif | |
  Location within Romania | |
| Location |  Vâlcea County  Romania |
| Nearest city | Băile Olăneşti |
| Coordinates | 45°22′01″N 24°15′54″E / 45.367°N 24.265°E[1] |
| Area | 17,100 hectares (42,000 acres) |
| Established | 2000, designation 1966 |
| Website | www.cozia.ro |
Location
editThe National Park is located in the central-southern of the Southern Carpathians, in the south-eastern Lotru Mountains and the east of Căpățânii Mountains on the middle course of Olt River.
Description
editCozia National Park with an area of 171 km2[3] was declared a natural protected area by the Law Number.5 of March 6, 2000 (published in Romanian Official Paper, No.152 on April 12, 2000)[4] and represents a mountainous area with flora and fauna specific to the Southern Carpathians. Besides its peculiar aspect of flora elements, Cozia National Park has a good number of lichen species. Mustafa YAVUZ and Dr. Gülşah ÇOBANOĞLU from Turkey studied Lichen Flora of Cozia National Park in 2007[5] In 2017, two old-growth forests were inscribed in the Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe nature site.[6]
References
edit- ^ eunis.eea.europa.eu - Cozia National Park - coords.; retrieved on June 05, 2012
- ^ "Parcul National Cozia". Archived from the original on 2016-08-15. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
- ^ (in Romanian) apmvl.anpm.ro - Agenţia pentru Protecţia Mediului Vâlcea; retrieved on June 05, 2012
- ^ (in Romanian) cdep.ro - Legea Nr.5 din 6 martie 2000; retrieved on June 05, 2012
- ^ (in English) - Additional and new lichen records from Cozia National Park, Romania; retrieved on June 01, 2016
- ^ "Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe".
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