Tatra Biosphere Reserve (Poland)

UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, inscribed 1992, in Poland. The Tatra Mountains are the highest mountains in the long Carpathian range, which stretches from Slovakia into Romania via Hungary, Poland and Ukraine. The territory of the biosphere reserve covers two national parks on each side of the political boundary between Poland and Slovakia. This transboundary biosphere reserve features karst topography with dolomites and limestone, canyons and waterfalls, a dwarf pine belt, alpine meadows, lakes and rocky peaks. The tourism sector provides the principal form of employment, as does forest management.