Goričko Natural Park

The Goričko Natural Park (Slovene: Krajinski park Goričko) was established on 9 October 2003 and is an integral part of the trilateral Goričko–Örseg–Raab Natural Park. It covers an area of 46,200 hectares (114,000 acres), which means that it is the second largest nature park in Slovenia.

This is the most central European region in Slovenia, where Dinaric, Mediterranean, and Alpine influences are almost not felt. The hills that the Goričko region was named after were created by the Pannonian Sea. The terrain rises slightly to the north. It is a hillocky landscape overgrown by trees. There are many marshes and wet meadows, although it is the most arid Slovenia region, with an annual rainfall of only approximately 800 litres per square metre (16 imp gal/sq ft).