1. A Photo Tour of the Tallest
Mountains in Poland

2. The Tatra Mountains,
also known as the
‘Tatras’ or ‘Tatra’

3. The Tatras occupy an area of 750 km² (290
mi²), of which the greater part (600 km²/232
mi²) lies in Slovakia, with the highest peak
Gerlach at 2,655 m (8710 ft), located north of
Poprad. In turn, summit Rysy (2,499 m/8200
ft), located in the north-western part of Tatras,
is the highest mountain in Poland.

4. The Tatras lie in the temperate zone of Central
Europe. They are an important barrier to the
movements of air masses. Their mountainous
topography causes one of the most diverse
climates in that region

5. Temperatures range from ?40 °C (?40 °F) in the
winter to 33 °C (91 °F) in warmer months.
Temperatures also vary depending on altitude
and sun exposure of a given slope.
Temperatures below 0 °C (32 °F) last for 192
days on the summits.

6. The Mountains have a diverse variety of plant
life. They are home to more than 1,000 species
of vascular plants, about 450 mosses, 200
liverworts, 700 lichens, 900 fungi, and 70 slime
moulds. There are five climatic-vegetation
belts in the Tatras

7. The Tatra Mountains are home to many
species of animals: 54 tardigrades, 22
turbellarians, 100 rotifers, 22 copepods, 162
spiders, 81 molluscs, 43 mammals, 200 birds, 7
amphibians and 2 reptiles.

8. The Polish part of the Tatras was formally
declared a national park in 1955. The lower
and middle parts of the range are cloaked in
forest

11. By
J.Jayakrishnan