Svydovets protected massif is a protected area in the
Ukrainian Carpathians
The Ukrainian Carpathians () are a section of the Eastern Carpathians, within the borders of modern Ukraine. They are located in the southwestern corner of Western Ukraine, within administrative territories of four Ukrainian regions (oblasts), ...
near
Rakhiv
Rakhiv (, ; ; ) is a city located in Zakarpattia Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Rakhiv Raion (district). Population:
Rakhiv's date of the foundation is often taken to be 1447, although a written mentio ...
in the
Zakarpattya region
Zakarpattia Oblast (Ukrainian language, Ukrainian: Закарпатська область), also referred to as simply Zakarpattia (Ukrainian language, Ukrainian: Закарпаття; Hungarian language, Hungarian: ''Kárpátalja'') or Transcar ...
. The protected
massif
A massif () is a principal mountain mass, such as a compact portion of a mountain range, containing one or more summits (e.g. France's Massif Central). In mountaineering literature, ''massif'' is frequently used to denote the main mass of an ...
has an area of and is located at an elevation of 600–1883
m.a.s.l. in the highest region of the
Svydovets
The Svydovets ( Ukrainian Свидовець; Polish ''Świdowiec''; Czech and Slovak ''Svidovec''; German ''Swydiwez'') is a mountain range in western Ukraine, one of the ranges of Eastern Beskids, itself belonging to the Outer Eastern Carpa ...
mountain range.
Status
Svydovets protected massif is included in the
Carpathian Biosphere Reserve
Carpathian Biosphere Reserve () is a Nature reserve, biosphere reserve in Ukraine that was established in 1968 and became part of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves of UNESCO in 1992. Since 2007 bigger portion of the reserve along with some ...
, that is part of the
World Network of Biosphere Reserves
The UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves (WNBR) covers internationally designated protected areas, known as biosphere or nature reserves, which are meant to demonstrate a balanced relationship between people and nature (e.g. encourage susta ...
of
UNESCO
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. It is listed with the
UNESCO World Heritage Sites
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as part of the
.
It is protected under the
Emerald Network of environmentally important conservation areas established by the
Council of Europe
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. The
Natura 2000 network apply there.
See also
*
List of World Heritage Sites in Ukraine
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designates World Heritage Sites of outstanding universal value to cultural or natural heritage which have been nominated by countries that are signatories to the UNES ...
References
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Landforms of Ukraine
Protected areas of Ukraine