Liptov, walking into the nature

Hrádok Arboretum is located in the cadastral area of Liptovský Hrádok at an altitude of 650 m directly in the northern part of the city surrounded by housing estates. Despite its small size, the Hrádek Arboretum is currently unique in Europe. It is the highest situated arboretum in Central Europe and contains the fourth largest dendrological collections in Slovakia. The arboretum contains unique taxa from our and world dendroflora, which are listed in the Red Books of several states, and which are on the northern edge of their natural range within Europe.

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Lake Verbicé (Slovak: Vrbické pleso) is one of the largest lakes in the Low Tatras, which has survived from the Ice Age. It is located at an altitude of 1113m above sea level in the western part of the Demänovská Dolina. The surface of the lake is 0.69 ha, the deepest point is 8 m deep, 115 m long and 62 m wide. Lake Moréna, formed by the retreat of glaciers from the northern slopes of the Chopok Mountains. The Otupnianka River flows from the lake, so the maintenance of a constant water level is regulated by dams. In terms of its origin, it is most similar to lakes in the High Tatras. Lake...