Biele Karpaty Protected Landscape Area

White Carpathians Protected Landscape Area, Chránená krajinná oblasť Biele Karpaty
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
Červenokamenské bradlo cliff near the village of Červený Kameň
LocationWest Slovakia, White Carpathians
Coordinates48°57′09″N 17°56′33″E / 48.95250°N 17.94250°E / 48.95250; 17.94250
Area445.7 km2 (172.1 sq mi)
Established12 July 1979
Governing bodySpráva CHKO Biele Karpaty (CHKO Biele Karpaty administration)

White Carpathians Protected Landscape Area (Slovak: Chránená krajinná oblasť Biele Karpaty) is one of the 14 protected landscape areas in Slovakia. The Landscape Area protects the Slovak part of the White Carpathians, part of the Slovak-Moravian Carpathians in West Slovakia. The area stretches from Skalica District in the south west to the Púchov District in the north east, copying the border between Slovakia and the Czech Republic and is about 80 km (50 mi) long. It belongs to the western-most part of the Carpathian Mountains.

White Carpathians PLA was founded on 12 July 1979, and the law was amended on 28 August 2003.

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