Carpathian beech forests - are located in the northwest of Slovakia and eastern Ukraine. In 2007, this unique location UNESCO-listed.

Carpathian beech forests are made up of ten separate units. The Slovak Republic are booking Have�ov�, horn, mountains Vihorlat a national nature reserve Stu�ica. On the territory of Ukraine, then Chornohora, Kuzij - Tribu�any, Maramoro�, Stu�ica - U�ok, Svydlovec and Uholka - Wide luh. Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians are due for centuries undisturbed biological processes, globally significant ecosystem. They are also unique genetic reservoir of beech. Les is created without any human intervention, old trees naturally reclaim young. Decaying wood and backing from decaying leaves creates a suitable environment for the life of plants and rare small animals. A very striking example slug Carpathian, which is significantly its blue color and eye-catching as endemic species belong to protected species. Abound also contrasting colored salamander. Because it is inedible because of the poison predators, has almost no natural enemies.

On the verge of beech forest in the mountains of Vihorlat is a popular tourist attraction: Sea eye lake lying at an altitude of 619 meters. Created by the collapse of an unstable volcanic material that dammed the river rises below Rear Window Sninsk�m stone. In the eighties of the 19th century, people had built an artificial dam and lake increased to the current dimensions. Its maximum depth is impressive twenty-five meters.