The High Tauern, in german: Hohe Tauern and in italian: Alti Tauri, are a mountain range on the main chain of the Central Eastern Alps, comprising the highest peaks east of the Brenner Pass. Along 100 kilometres of the main chain stretches the High Tauern National Park - Nationalpark Hohe Tauern, the largest of Austria`s seven national parks as well as the largest nature reserve in the Alps. It comprises the Pasterze and numerous further glaciers, the Krimml Waterfalls, several glacial valleys and alluvial fans, as well as extended tundra areas and forests. Among the flora of the Alps, especially Swiss Pines grow along the tree line; above subshrub, mainly alpenrose but also the endemic Saxifraga rudolphiana, up to nival level at about 2,800 m. The fauna includes chamois, Alpine ibex and red deer, as well as griffon vulture and the golden eagle. The formerly extinct bearded vulture and the Alpine marmot have been successfully reintroduced. Austria, Europe
|
