Strmina is a nature reserve in the Slovak municipalities of Stupava and

Borinka Borinka () is a village and municipality in western Slovakia in Malacky District in the Bratislava Region, at the foothills of the Little Carpathians, best known for the Pajštún Castle, and has many weekend homes (). Dračí hrádok are another c ...

in the

Malacky District The Malacky District () is a district in the Bratislava Region of western Slovakia. It lies north from Bratislava on Záhorská nížina lowland. Its current borders have been established in 1996. The administrative seat is its largest town, Malac ...

. The nature reserve covers an area of of forests in the

Little Carpathians The Little Carpathians (also: ''Lesser Carpathians'', ; ; ) are a low mountain range, about 100 km long, and part of the Carpathian Mountains. The mountains are situated in Western Slovakia, covering the area from Bratislava to Nové Mesto n ...

. It has a protection level of 5 under the Slovak nature protection system. The nature reserve is part of the

Little Carpathians Protected Landscape Area Little Carpathians Protected Landscape Area () is one of the 14 protected landscape areas in Slovakia. The Landscape Area is situated in the Little Carpathians, part of the Carpathian Mountains, in West Slovakia. The southwesternmost area is De ...

Description

The protected area was created to protect the karst forms in this locality and to preserve the flora and fauna communities specific to the Little Carpathians.

References

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