The Muránska planina plateau was designated the National Park in 1997 on the area of cca 203 ha and protected area of 217 ha. The administration of the National Park Muráňska planina seats in Revúca. The territory of the Park contains numerous karstic springs, swallow holes, and jets, more than 300 caves and 15 abysses. Its terrain is refreshed by sink holes, grikes, canyons, rock towers, and rock windows. There is a dwarf pinewood at the lowest altitude in Slovakia (it grows at 750 m above sea level). The predominating woods vary from oakwoods to beechwoods and from deal beechwoods to alpine spruce fir forests.
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About 1,400 species of vascular plants grow here.