Szénás Hills

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European Diploma of Protected Areas (code HU940002)
Since Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 CET 1995
Country: Hungary
Administrative region: Not available
Surface area: 12 km² (1182.00 ha)
Marine area: Not available

Source and more information: Council of Europe

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Manager	Duna-Ipoly Nemzeti Park Igazgatóság (Duna-Ipoly National Park Directorate) H-1525 BUDAPEST Pf. 86 Húvösvölgyi út 52
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Description

General character of the site	Dolomite mountains - important natural genetic resources - extremely rich in unique endemic and relict species (floral richness - original absence of forest) - unique and specific area even at European level both from scientific and educational viewpoints
Quality
Vulnerability	Human influences (deforestation, grazing, devastation, plantation of black pine) have damaged this equilibrium state so much that even reconstruction of it is possible only by human intervention.
Designation
Owner	Owner: Hungaria Republic
Documentation	Full bibliography or detailed monography upon the area is not available yet.Council of Europe - Application for the European Diploma (1994), Szénás Hills (Buda Protected Landscape Area), Strasbourg, 10 p.
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Geomorphology	The concerned area lies predominantly on Triassic dolomite and in a smaller extent on Dachstein limestone ground, bordered everywhere by tertiary sediments. These sediments also occupy the surrounding basins, and mostly they are covered by quaternary loess and sand layers, or even by recent sand. The original Triassic mountain is to be divided into two parts by the main rifts. The border of them is the watershed connecting the Nagyszénás-Kisszénás hills.
Educational interest	The area is right at the border of Budapest. It means that schoolchildren from the capital can reach the unique natural values even by public transport quite easily.
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