Wieprz Landscape Park
Encyclopedia
Wieprz Landscape Park is a protected area
(Landscape Park
) in eastern Poland
, established in 1990, covering an area of 44.32 square kilometres (17.1 sq mi).
The Park lies within Lublin Voivodeship
, on a stretch of the Wieprz river near the town of Łęczna.
Protected area
Protected areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognised natural, ecological and/or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the enabling laws of each country or the regulations of the international...
(Landscape Park
Landscape Park (Poland)
A Landscape Park is the name given in Poland to a type of protected area, of lower status than a National Park and with less stringent restrictions on development and economic use....
) in eastern Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
, established in 1990, covering an area of 44.32 square kilometres (17.1 sq mi).
The Park lies within Lublin Voivodeship
Lublin Voivodeship
- Administrative division :Lublin Voivodeship is divided into 24 counties : 4 city counties and 20 land counties. These are further divided into 213 gminas....
, on a stretch of the Wieprz river near the town of Łęczna.