Shvakshty - a hydrological reserve of republican significance in the Postavy district of the Vitebsk region of Belarus . Founded in 1996 with the aim of stabilizing the hydrological regime in the Stracha River Basin and preserving in its natural state a unique natural complex with populations of rare and endangered plant and animal species. The area of the reserve is 5603 ha.
Shvakshty Reserve | |
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IUCN category IV (Territory of species or habitat management) | |
basic information | |
Square | 5603 ha |
Founding date | September 25, 1996 |
Managing Organization | Naroch National Park |
Location | |
A country |
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Region | Vitebsk region |
Area | Postavy district |
Nearest town | Pastavy |
The central object of the reserve is the lakes Big Svakshty and Maly Shvakshty , the hollows of which are filled with powerful biogenic sediments of high-quality sapropel . On the territory there are also many swamps .
The terrain is low . More than 60% of the territory is covered by forests : pine (55%), small-leaved (28%), spruce forests (17%). A number of plants are included in the Red Book of the Republic of Belarus : the heart-shaped and ovoid , the three-slotted ladian , the arboretum , the green foxberry , the greenbird sedge , the cloudberry squat , the dwarf birch .
The fauna of the reserve includes 129 species of terrestrial vertebrates . On the territory of the nest 10 species of birds that are included in the Red Book of Belarus: small gull , common Gogol , big bittern , gray crane , big curlew , swamp owl , etc.
At present, the Shvakshty reserve is part of the Narochansky National Park [1] .
Notes
- ↑ National Park "Narochansky" . Official website of the Republic of Belarus .
Literature
- Belarusian entsiklapedyya: U 18 t. T. 17: Khvіnyavіchy - Shchytni / Redkal .: G.P. Pashko і іnsh .. - Minsk. : BelEn, 2003. - T. 17. - 512 p. - 10 000 copies - ISBN 985-11-0279-2 (T. 2). (white)
Links
- Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus of September 25, 1996 No. 631 “On the formation of the republican hydrological reserve“ Shvakshty ”” . LAW - Legislation of the Republic of Belarus .