AUSTRIA - a small country, but a lot of attractions here. Perhaps it is best to characterize the country, located in the heart of Europe. We advise you to visit the country to all those who are interested in relics, works of art, music, folklore, sports. The unique beauty of the palaces and castles, monasteries and historical centers, the richness and diversity of the cultural life of Austria made the country a real paradise for anyone who wants to touch the high culture and the arts.
Geography: Austria - medium-sized country (area - 83.8 thousand km2, 2 times more of Switzerland), is located in the heart of Europe. Its territory stretches of the shoulder wedge from
east to west. The nearest neighbors - the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Croatia, Slovenia, Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany.
Austria - "land" a country that is located far from the sea. The largest of its rivers - the Danube, Moore, Drava, Salz and Inn. Approximately 70% of the country occupied by the Alps - the eastern part. Eastern Alps and more below the Swiss and more accessible. Here is more alpine meadows and forests. The highest point of Austria - biceps peak Grosglokner (large bell-ringer), reaching 3997 m.
There are many mountain lakes. To the west of Austria owns part of a large and deep Lake Constance and in the east - most of the large shallow lakes Neyzidlerzee. Great contrasts of relief from the lowlands to the snow mountains rise to the vertical zonation of climate, soils and vegetation.
Natural attractions: the eastern Alps in Austria are mostly latitudinal location. Their axial zone - the most powerful and high, covered with glaciers and eternal snows group ranges, among them the High Tauern (Hohe Thauern) c country's highest point - the peak Grosglokner. There is one of the most famous Austrian national parks, attracting a large number of tourists.
The largest glacier Austrian Alps - Pastertse (area - 32 km2, length - 10 km). To the north and south of the axial zone are ridges composed mainly of limestone and dolomite. The mountains here are a giant boulders almost by precipitous slopes, there are various manifestations of karst (cave with stalactites, stalagmites, ice flow, underground lakes and streams). Particularly well known cave Aysrizenvelt (World ice giants ") in Tennengebirge, south of Salzburg.
One of the peculiarities of the Austrian Alps - dismembered their deep and broad transverse valleys, so the root of the relatively easily
accessible. No less remarkable Eastern Alps and the broad longitudinal valleys.
Tourism is also interested in intermountain depressions, especially Klagenfurtskaya (Carinthia) and Graz (Styria), with less pronounced boundaries. It is very picturesque and mastered by tourists above the valley of the Danube in Vienna (cruise ships).
Geography: Austria - medium-sized country (area - 83.8 thousand km2, 2 times more of Switzerland), is located in the heart of Europe. Its territory stretches of the shoulder wedge from
east to west. The nearest neighbors - the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Croatia, Slovenia, Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany.Austria - "land" a country that is located far from the sea. The largest of its rivers - the Danube, Moore, Drava, Salz and Inn. Approximately 70% of the country occupied by the Alps - the eastern part. Eastern Alps and more below the Swiss and more accessible. Here is more alpine meadows and forests. The highest point of Austria - biceps peak Grosglokner (large bell-ringer), reaching 3997 m.
There are many mountain lakes. To the west of Austria owns part of a large and deep Lake Constance and in the east - most of the large shallow lakes Neyzidlerzee. Great contrasts of relief from the lowlands to the snow mountains rise to the vertical zonation of climate, soils and vegetation.
Natural attractions: the eastern Alps in Austria are mostly latitudinal location. Their axial zone - the most powerful and high, covered with glaciers and eternal snows group ranges, among them the High Tauern (Hohe Thauern) c country's highest point - the peak Grosglokner. There is one of the most famous Austrian national parks, attracting a large number of tourists.
The largest glacier Austrian Alps - Pastertse (area - 32 km2, length - 10 km). To the north and south of the axial zone are ridges composed mainly of limestone and dolomite. The mountains here are a giant boulders almost by precipitous slopes, there are various manifestations of karst (cave with stalactites, stalagmites, ice flow, underground lakes and streams). Particularly well known cave Aysrizenvelt (World ice giants ") in Tennengebirge, south of Salzburg.
One of the peculiarities of the Austrian Alps - dismembered their deep and broad transverse valleys, so the root of the relatively easily
accessible. No less remarkable Eastern Alps and the broad longitudinal valleys.Tourism is also interested in intermountain depressions, especially Klagenfurtskaya (Carinthia) and Graz (Styria), with less pronounced boundaries. It is very picturesque and mastered by tourists above the valley of the Danube in Vienna (cruise ships).
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