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Natural features (consisting of physical and biological formations), geological and physiographical formations (including habitats of threatened species of animals and plants), and natural sites which are important from the point of view of science, conservation or natural beauty, are defined as natural heritage. [2] Austria ratified the ...
Austria has six national parks, all of them internationally accepted according to the IUCN standard. The first national park, Hohe Tauern , was established in 1981. [ 1 ] They include each of Austria's most important natural landscape types — alluvial forest , Alpine massif , Pannonian steppe and rocky valleys .
The national park area Along 100 kilometres (62 mi) of the main chain stretches the High Tauern National Park ( Nationalpark Hohe Tauern ), to which the Austrian Alpine Club as freeholder and the three states of Carinthia, Salzburg and Tyrol have contributed territory.
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Detailed map of Austria Satellite photo of the Alps. Austria may be divided into three unequal geographical areas. The largest part of Austria (62%) is occupied by the relatively young mountains of the Alps, but in the east, these give way to a part of the Pannonian plain, and north of the river Danube lies the Bohemian Forest, an older, but lower, granite mountain range.
Austria portal; Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. V. World Heritage Sites in Vienna (3 P) Pages in category "World Heritage Sites in ...
The ranges correspond to those listed for Austria in the AVE. (→ see diagram) If the highest mountain in a range is not within Austrian national territory it is not shown in the list. (e.g.: Piz Linard (3,411m), highest mountain in the Silvretta)
Landmarks in Austria (3 C) M. Mountains of Austria (5 C, 9 P) ... Pages in category "Tourist attractions in Austria" The following 5 pages are in this category, out ...