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The Cheile Bicazului - Hășmaș (Bicaz Gorges - Hășmaș Mountains) National Park is located in north-eastern Romania, in the Eastern Carpathians mountain chain. The reservation territory is part of Neamț and Harghita counties.
The park administration is located in Izvoru Mureșului, in Harghita County.
Geologic features
editThe park's most important geologic features are:[1]
- Cheile Bicazului (Bicaz Gorges), a deep canyon dug by the river Bicaz
- Lacu Roșu (the Red Lake) – a natural dam lake
- Hășmaș Mountains
Zones
editThe park's area of 6,575 ha (16,250 acres) is divided into two zones: the special conservation zone (78%), and the protection zone (22%).
- Bicaz Gorge (Neamț County – 1,600 hectares and Harghita County – 2,128 hectares)
- Lacu Roșu
- Cheile Șugăului (10 hectares)
- Avenul Licaș (5 hectares)
- Hășmașul Mare Massif, Piatra Singuratică (the Lonely Stone) and Hășmașul Negru (800 hectares)
Gallery
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![Cheile Șugăului [ro]](/wiki/File:Cheile_%C5%9Eug%C4%83ului_01.JPG)
References
edit- ^ Gheorghe Romanescu, Cristian Constantin Stoleriu and Andrei EneaLimnology of the Red Lake, Romania: An Interdisciplinary Study (2010), p. 1, at Google Books