Cheile Bicazului-Hășmaș National Park
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Coordinates: 46°48′43″N 25°49′08″E / 46.81198°N 25.81894°E
The Cheile Bicazului - Hășmaș (Bicaz Gorges - Hășmaș Mountains) National Park is located in north-eastern Romania, in the Eastern Carpathians mountain chain. The reservation territory is part of Neamț and Harghita counties.
The park administration is located in Izvoru Mureșului, in Harghita County.
The park's most important geologic features are:[1]
- Cheile Bicazului (Bicaz Gorges), a deep canyon dug by the river Bicaz
- Lacu Roșu (the Red Lake) - a natural dam lake
- the Hășmaș Mountains
The parks area of 6,575 ha (16,250 acres) is divided into two zones: the special conservation zone (78%), and the protection zone (22%).
Natural reserves: The Bicaz Gorge (Neamț County - 1,600 hectares and Harghita County - 2,128 hectares) and Lacu Roșu, Cheile Sugaului (10 hectares) Avenul Licas (5 hectares) the Hasmasul Mare - Piatra Singuratica (the Lonely Stone) and Hasmasul Negru (800 hectares).
Bicaz Gorges
Cheile Şugăului
References[]
- ^ Gheorghe Romanescu, Cristian Constantin Stoleriu and Andrei EneaLimnology of the Red Lake, Romania: An Interdisciplinary Study (2010), p. 1, at Google Books
External links[]
- National parks of Romania
- Protected areas of the Eastern Carpathians
- Geography of Neamț County
- Geography of Harghita County
- Tourist attractions in Neamț County
- Tourist attractions in Harghita County