Yavoriv National Nature Park

Yavoriv National Nature Park
Яворівський національний природний парк
Yavoriv National Park
Map of Ukraine
LocationWestern Ukraine
Nearest cityNovoiavorivsk, Ivano-Frankove
Coordinates49°58′52″N 23°43′55″E / 49.981°N 23.732°E / 49.981; 23.732
Area7,108 ha (17,560 acres)
Established1996
Websitehttp://yavorpark.in.ua/

The Yavoriv National Nature Park (Ukrainian: Я́ворівський націона́льний приро́дний парк) is a national park located in the Ukrainian Roztocze, one of the most unusual physiographic regions of Western Ukraine. Ukrainian Roztocze is a narrow (average 25 km (16 mi)) range of hills 75 km (47 mi) long, which rises sharply to the north of the Lesser Polissia. In the southeastern part of it, the main European watershed, on the slopes of which originate rivers belonging to the basins of two seas - the Black Sea and the Baltic.