The Bucegi Natural Park () is a protected area (natural park category V IUCN) situated in Romania, in the administrative territory of counties Brașov, Dâmbovița and Prahova.protectedplanet.net - Bucegi Natural Park (location); retrieved on June 23, 2012
Location The Natural Park is located in the south-central part of Romania, in the Bucegi Mountains of the Southern Carpathians.
Description The Bucegi Natural Park with an area of 32.663 ha apmph.anpm.ro - Agenția pentru Protecția Mediului Prahova; retrieved on June 27, 2012 was declared a protected area by Law Number 5 of March 6, 2000 (published in Monitorul Oficial Number 152 of April 12, 2000) cdep.ro - Legea Nr.5 din 6 martie 2000; retrieved on June 27, 2012 and represents a mountainous area (caves, pit caves, canyons, ridges, sinkholes, valleys, waterfalls, pastures and forests), that shelters a variety of flora and fauna. The park is famous for its Babele and Sphinx features.
Habitats Beech forests, bushes, alpine limestone grasslands, alpine rivers and herbaceous vegetation, mountain hay meadows, springs, limestone rocky slopes and seminatural dry grasslands.
Natural reserves Protected areas included in the park: Abruptul Mălăiești - Bucșoiu - Gaura (1.634 ha) and Locul fosilifer Vama Strunga in Brașov County; apmbv.anpm.ro - Agenția pentru Protecția Mediului Brașov; retrieved on June 27, 2012 Cocora Cave and Cheile Urșilor (307 ha) in Dâmbovița County; apmdb.anpm.ro - Agenția pentru Protecția Mediului Dâmbovița: retrieved on June 27, 2012 and Abruptul Prahovean Bucegi (3.478 ha) and Colții lui Barbeș Mountains (1.513 ha) in Prahova County.
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