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Areas
and biotopes of national and universal significance
are included in the group of strictly protected
parts of the park. These areas are characterized
with authenticity, plant and animal communities in
unspoiled condition. Their rarity makes them
typical and unique occurrences and posses
exceptional natural beauty. Such areas in the Park
are:
- Sections
of the highland grass communities on Old Galicica
where
the most significant geomorphologic shapes are found
– cut offs, gorges, and Magaro, the highest summit
of the mountain. Here are found rare communities of
the plant world, reach with relics and endemic types
in unspoiled condition. This area is a habitat for
rare and endangered species of birds, such as:
golden eagle, white and whitehead vulture, and gray
falcon.
- The
Island Golem
Grad
of
great zoological importance, for the reason of being
a nesting area for many species of birds, among
others some rare and endangered species such as:
white crane, pelican, great cormorant, great coastal
swallow and alpine swift.
- Shoreline
cliffs and rocks on the shores of lakes Ohrid and
Prespa
present a habitat to a unique and endemic plant and
animal life. Furthermore, these areas represent
landscape with great aesthetic values, and natural
beauty of special significance for the National
Park.
- St.
Naum springs
are
among the springs with most water per unit of time
in this part of the Balkan peninsula. This area is
a geomorphologic and hydrologic entity preserved in
its original state, and has exceptional beautiful
landscape.
- Mud
area near the village of Stenje
is an ecosystem of endemic and specific ground world
of the fauna of the lake. Nowadays, as a result of
the receding waters of the Lake Prespa, the mud has
dried almost entirely, and has lost some of its
values.
In the
strictly protected areas of the park, the level of
protection is such to provide conditions for
unhindered flow of the natural processes, and
conservation of the varieties of genetic pool. To
achieve this aim, there is a ban of all activities,
with an exception of scientific research work, and
organized visits of those areas with a prior
permission issued by the National Park management
only.
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