Beskydy Protected Landscape Area

Geobox|Protected area
name = Beskydy
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category = Protected Landscape Area
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country = Czech Republic | country_

state =
region = Moravian-Silesian | region1 = Zlín
district = Nový Jičín | district1 = Frýdek Místek | district2 = Vsetín
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highest = Lysá hora
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highest_elevation = 1323
highest_lat_d = 49| highest_lat_m = 32| highest_lat_s = 45| highest_lat_NS = N
highest_long_d = 18| highest_long_m = 26| highest_long_s = 51| highest_long_EW = E
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lowest =
lowest_location = Bečva at Zubří
lowest_elevation = 350 | lowest_elevation_round = -1
lowest_lat_d = 49| lowest_lat_m = 27| lowest_lat_s = 29| lowest_lat_NS = N
lowest_long_d = 18| lowest_long_m = 05| lowest_long_s = 50| lowest_long_EW = E
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area = 1196.96
geology = flysch
biome = forests | biome_share = 71
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established = 1973-03-05
management = Správa CHKO Beskydy
management_location = Rožnov pod Radhoštěm
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iucn_category = V
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map_background = Czechia - background map.png map_caption = Location in the Czech Republic
map_locator = Czechia
website = [http://nature.hyperlink.cz/Beskydy/ nature.hyperlink.cz/Beskydy]
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Beskydy Protected Landscape Area ( _cs. Chráněná krajinná oblast Beskydy, abbreviated as "CHKO Beskydy") is the largest Landscape Protected Area in the Czech Republic. It lies in the south-eastern part of the Moravian Silesian and eastern part of Zlín regions, on the border with Slovakia. All its area belongs to the Outer Western Carpathians and comprises most of Moravian-Silesian Beskids Range, large part of the Vsetínské vrchy Range and the Moravian part of the Javorníky Range. In Slovakia, Kysuce Protected Landscape Area borders the area.

CHKO Beskydy was declared on 5 March 1973 to protect the unique natural features of the area, namely well-preserved primeval forests, species rich meadows and pastures and pseudo-karst elements but also the aesthetic value of the area which is typical for its diversity of habitats developed over the centuries of human settlement: ridge-top meadows and pastures and hamlets scatterd throughout the area. Many rare and protected plants and animals can be found in CHKO Beskydy: there has been a stable population of lynxes and bears and wolves regularly cross from Slovakia. As declared the area is Unit area|sqkm|1160, though more precised figure Unit area|sqkm|1196.96|2 was obtained using GIS resources.

The area is also an important recreational background for the industrial Ostrava region with large resorts in towns on the edges of CHKO Beskydy: Frýdlant nad Ostravicí, Frenštát pod Radhoštěm, Rožnov pod Radhoštěm and other.

References

*cite web
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title = Chráněná krajinná oblast Beskydy
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url = http://nature.hyperlink.cz/Beskydy/
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accessdate = 2007-03-03
*cite book
last = Rubín
first = Josef
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title = Národní parky a chráněné krajinné oblasti
publisher = Olympia
date = 2003
location = Praha
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id = ISBN 80-7033-808-3
*cite web
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title = Beskydy PLA
work = Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic
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url = http://www.beskydy.ochranaprirody.cz/?lang=en
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accessdate = 2007-03-04