| Dolomiti Bellunesi National Park | |||||||||||
| Alt Name: | Parco nazionale delle Dolomiti Bellunesi | ||||||||||
| Iucn Category: | II | ||||||||||
| Map: | Italy Veneto#Italy | ||||||||||
| Location: | Province of Belluno, Veneto, Italy | ||||||||||
| Nearest City: | Belluno and Feltre | ||||||||||
| Coordinates: | 46.3°N 16°W | ||||||||||
| Area: | 32km2 | ||||||||||
| Designation: | 1988 | ||||||||||
| Authorized: | 1990 | ||||||||||
| Established: | 1993 | ||||||||||
| Url: | http://www.dolomitipark.it/Eindex.php | ||||||||||
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The Dolomiti Bellunesi National Park (in Italian: Parco nazionale delle Dolomiti Bellunesi) is a national park in the province of Belluno, Veneto, in the northern Italy.
Established in 1988, the national park is included in the section "Pale di San Martino - San Lucano - Dolomiti Bellunesi - Vette Feltrine" of the Dolomites declared World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2009.
In 1988 it was planned to create the Dolomiti Bellunesi national park, that was officially established in 1990 by the Ministry of the Environment, which identified the aims of the national park:
Dolomiti Bellunesi National Park has an area of 32km2,[1] entirely included in the province of Belluno, between the Cismon river and the Piave river, the Maè valley and the Agordo valley.
The national park includes mountain ranges of Alpi Feltrine (Vette di Feltre, Cimonega, Pizzocco, Brendol, Agnelezze), Monti del Sole, Schiara, Talvena, Prampèr and Spiz di Mezzodì. There are high-altitude areas, karst rocks and debris slopes, ideal habitat for high-mountain species.
The territory of the national park, except for some high-altitude karst areas, is extremely rich in water resources, like springs, swamps and streams including: Cordevole, Mis, Caorame, Stien (Caorame tributary), Falcina (Mis tributary), Ardo, Vescovà, Prampera (Maè tributary), that improve the biological richness of the Park. Some of these streams flow into deep canyons and all are subject to variation.
The national park includes 15 municipalities: Belluno, Cesiomaggiore, Feltre, Gosaldo, La Valle Agordina, Longarone, Pedavena, Ponte nelle Alpi, Rivamonte, San Gregorio nelle Alpi, Santa Giustina (Italia), Sedico, Sospirolo, Sovramonte and Val di Zoldo.
The flora of Bellunesi Dolomites is composed by rhododendron, Carduus, edelweiss and other alpine plants. There are broad-leaved tree and pine forests, pastures and alpine meadows.
The national park hosts a big alpine biodiversity. Among the most important species are: