author Alicja Nawracaj

MNP in numbers

The total area: 19438,9 ha

             Podkarpackie Province: 17435.2 ha
                                  Jaslo county:
                                           Debowiec district: 1678.6 ha
                                           Osiek Jasielski district: 802.0 ha
                                           Nowy Zmigrod district: 1070.3 ha
                                           Krempna district: 12728.7 ha
                                  Krosno county:
                                           Dukla district: 1155.6 ha

             Małopolskie Province: 2003.7 ha
                                  Gorlice county:
                                           Lipinki district: 1005.5 ha
                                           Sekowa district: 998.2 ha

The buffer zone area: 22969 ha

The borders’ length: 204 km
            including 14 km of the state frontier

The forest area: 18571.7 ha
The non-forest area: 829.1 ha
Water area: 38.1 ha

Forms of conservation:
strict: 2407.7 ha
active: 16924.7 ha
landscape: 57.0 ha

Altitude (m a.s.l.)

up to 400 2.3% of the MNP area
401 – 500 27.7% of the MNP area
501 – 600 42.2% of the MNP area
601 – 700 23.3% of the MNP area
above 700 4.3% of the MNP area

The highest mountain: Watkowa 845.94 m a.s.l.

Slope exposure (levels)

N – 10.3% of the area of MNP
NE – 17.4% of the area of MNP
NW – 10.4% of the area of MNP
E – 18.3% of the area of MNP
W – 13.0% of the area of MNP
SE – 11.0% of the area of MNP
SW – 11.5% of the area of MNP
S – 8.1% of the area of MNP

Land slope

0° – 5° 9.3% of the area of MNP
6° – 10° 30.5% of the area of MNP
11° – 15° 33.3% of the area of MNP
16° – 20° 19.5% of the area of MNP
21° – 25° 6.1% of the area of MNP
26° – 30° 1.1% of the area of MNP
above 30° 0.2% of the area of MNP

Soils

brown soils – typical, leached and gley 85 - 90% of the area of MNP
alluvial soils 10 – 12% of the area of MNP
regosols 1 – 2% of the area of MNP

Plant communities

layers: foothills 43% of the area of MNP
forest zone 57% of the area of MNP
forest and shrubs communities (16 in total) 95.6% of the area of MNP
herbaceous communities (34 in total) 4.4% of the area of MNP

Flora

767 of vascular plant species

59 strictly protected species
11 partially protected species
3 species from the Polish Red Data Book of Plant
12 species from the Red List of Endangered Plant Species in Poland

Fauna

57 species of mammals
117 species of birds
       over 20 migrating species
16 species of amphibians and reptiles
12 species of fish

Tourism

85 km of tourist trails in the area of MNP
135 km of tourist trails in the area of MNP and its buffer zone