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MAJOR NATURAL FEATURES, BIODIVERSITY AND

PROTECTED AREAS OF THE BALKANS REGION
based on numerous sources *

S L O VA K I A

Vienna
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UKRAINE

Bratislava

za

AUSTRIA
T is

Budapest

HUNGARY
n

ato

Bal

Olt

SLOVENIA

Danube

Drav a

Mu

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Sa

resu l

va

Zagreb

av

C ROAT I A

Tisa

Veli k
i Ka
na
l

Dr

ROMANIA

VOJVODINA

Fruska Gora

a
Sav

Belgrade

AND

Bucharest

FEDERAL

Djerdap

HERZEGOVINA
Sarajevo

Tara

OF

nu

be

REPUBLIC

Y U G O ZS L A V I A
a
pad
na

Da

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Danube

va
ora
M

BOSNIA

Mo r a
va

Kopahonik

Isku r

Biogradska Gora

MONTENEGRO

Sofia

KOSOVO

Lovcen

International Boundary

Lake
Scutari

First-Level Administrative Unit

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BULGARIA

r
Mo a v a

Juzua

n tr
a

SERBIA

Durmitor

Ja

Sar-Planina

Republic Boundary

Skopje

Skadarsko jezero

Autonomous Province Boundary

Major Perennial River
Canal
National Capital

Tirana

ar
Va rd

National Park
Ramsar Site
Protected Area: Ramsar Site

Lake
Ohrid

World Heritage Site

Protected Area: World Heritage Site

sta
Me

THE FORMER
Y U G O S L AV
REPUBLIC
OF MACEDONIA

Perennial River

Lake
Prespa

GREECE

ALBANIA

Protected Area: IUCN cat. I-VI

I T AProtected
L YArea: IUCN cat. I-VI
Protected Area: other category
Centre of Plant Diversity
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NATIONAL PARKS
Area

Name

IUCN Cat.

Biogradska Gora (Montenegro)

II

5400

Djerdap (Serbia)

IV

63500

Durmitor (Montenegro)

II

32100

Fruska Gora (Serbia)

25000

Kopaonik (Serbia)

11800

Lovcen (Montenegro)

II

6400

Sar-Planina (Serbia)

II

39000

Skadarsko jezero (Montenegro)

II

40000

Tara (Serbia)

II

19200

(hectares)

A E G E A N

50

100

S E A

150

Kilometers
Lambert Conformal Conic Projection

UN EP

*Sources: WCMC Web Site and Biodiversity Map Library,

EUROPARC Federation Web Site, ESRI ArcWorld
The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations.
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