Slovakia – Guide with tips for your holiday

Slovak Republic (short form Slovakia; officially Slovenska Republika), country in Central Europe. The Slovak Republic is bordered to the north of Poland, in the east to Ukraine, Hungary to the south and west to Austria and the Czech Republic. The Slovak Republic went on 1 January 1993 as the Czech Republic from Czechoslovakia as an independent state out. Slovakia, covers an area of 49 035 square kilometers. The country’s capital Bratislava.

Slovakia is largely a mountainous country and is pervaded by the Carpathians. The various groups such as Mountain High Tatras, Slovak and Low Tatras Erzgebirge by river basins and valleys (including Waag and Gran) separated. In the area of the High Tatras, in the north of the country, is the highest peak of Slovakia, the Gerlsdorfer peak (2 655 meters). This mountain is also the highest peaks of the Carpathians. In the east reaches the Hungarian lowlands on Slovak territory. The Danube forms part of the border with Hungary. On the northern shore of the river spreads the level of the big bulk from. In Slovakia, there are numerous natural mineral springs.

In Slovakia, there is temperate continental climate with hot summers and cold winters. After the East take the annual fluctuations in temperature. The highest annual average temperatures are around 10 ° C in the Low Countries reached. There are about 500 millimeters annual rainfall, while the much cooler mountainous regions (such as the High Tatras) to 2 000 millimeters can be achieved.

Slovakia is about 42.5 percent forested. By air pollution and acid rain is a big part of the forest damage. Firs and pines are particularly in the higher regions of the characteristic trees, while in the root zones of oak, ash and maple dominate. Larger forest areas exist in the Tatras, in the Erzgebirge and in the Carpathians. The stock of wild animals is due to pollution and deforestation greatly diminished, but in the Carpathians are still brown bears, wolves, lynx and wild cats at home. Among the striking birds of the major river valleys include ospreys, cormorants, herons and gray.