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Pindus National Park ((ギリシア語:Εθνικός Δρυμός Πίνδου) ''Ethnikós Drymós Píndou''), also known as Valia-Kalda, is a national park in mainland Greece, situated in an isolated mountainous area at the periphery of West Macedonia and Epirus, in the northeastern part of the Pindus mountain range. It was established in 1966 and covers an area of . The park's core zone, , covers the greatest part of the Valia Kalda valley and the slopes of the surrounding peaks.〔 The national park has an elevation range from and is characterized by dense forests of European black pine and common beech, rocky ridges, several peaks over , rapid streams and mountain lakes. The area belong to the wider Pindus Mountains mixed forests ecoregion and is a representative part of Pindus mountain range. Moreover, it belongs to the Natura 2000 ecological network of protected areas and is one of the three places in Greece that hosts a population of bears. ==Geography== The park lies on the borders of Grevena and Ioannina regional unit, north of the town of Metsovo and near the villages of Vovousa, Perivoli and Milea. There are no settlements or any facilities inside the protected area's borders.〔〔(Valia Calda refuge. ) Vovousa. X. Papaioanou.〕 Several peaks reach an altitude of over ; these include Avgo, , Kakoplevri, , Flegga, , Tria Sinora, and Aftia, .〔 The underlying rock formations are mainly serpentine and they support a specialized range of plants.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pindus National Park」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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