Upkankul ( Bashk. Upkankul , from upҡyn `whirlpool, abyss` and kүl` lake` [1] ) is a lake in the Askinsky district of Bashkortostan , in the village of Upkankul , which received the name from the lake [2] . Monument of nature (since 1985) (Resolution of the BASSR SM dated 12.26.1985 No. 212) The area of the security zone is 3.0 square meters. km The swamp and Lake Upkankul near the village of Upkankul are protected by the state. But the ecological condition is bad, students are conducting environmental cleanups.
| Lake | |
| Upkankul | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| A country |
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| The subject of the Russian Federation | Bashkortostan |
Objects of protection: 1. Reference and rare bog plant communities (sedge-sphagnum ravine swamps). 2. Populations of rare plant species (cotton grass, swamp cranberries, rotundifolia sundew, English sundew, swamp gammarbia , etc.) [3] .
Purpose of OPT: Protection of the entire natural complex and biodiversity [3] .
Notes
- ↑ Khisamitdinova F. G., Sirazitdinov Z. A. and others. The Russian-Bashkir dictionary of water bodies of the Republic of Bashkortostan. Ufa, 2005.
- ↑ Khisamitdinova F. G., Sirazitdinov Z. A. Russian-Bashkir dictionary-reference book of the names of settlements of the Republic of Bashkortostan. Ufa, 2004
- ↑ 1 2 CD Econet (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment November 26, 2011. Archived March 4, 2016.