Labanora Regional Park ( lit. Labanoro regioninis parkas ) is a regional park of Lithuania , located 80 kilometers northeast of Vilnius in the Švenčyon , Molet and Utena regions . The park is located in Labanoras . It was founded in 1992 in order to preserve the landscape of the Labanoras forest and its lakes, its natural ecosystem and cultural heritage values [1] . This is the largest regional park in the country [2] , whose area is 55344 hectares [3] . The regional park in the northeast borders on the Aukstaiti National Park .
| Labanoras Regional Park | |
|---|---|
| lit. Labanoro regioninis parkas | |
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| IUCN Category - V (Protected Landscape / Water Area) | |
| basic information | |
| Square | 553.44 km² |
| Established | 1992 year |
| Location | |
| A country |
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Description
There are about 70 lakes in the park; they make up 13% of the total park area [4] . Horse marshes and other wetlands cover an area of 30 km². Thirty streams and 3 rivers flow through the park. Forests (mainly pine) make up 80% (400 km²) of the total park area.
The park is home to 54 species of mammals, 172 species of birds, 5 species of reptiles and 11 species of amphibians. Spawning salmon in small rivers, which due to warm water sources do not completely freeze in winter, is a natural wealth of the park.
Mammals are represented by beavers, otters and moose. Among the nesting birds: black-throated loon , dunlin , osprey , bittern , crane , black stork , kingfisher , herd and grouse . The park is home to the densest white stork population in Europe [5] .
The species diversity of plants in the Labanoras Regional Park is very high. Botanists consisted of 120 different marsh willow bushes, 300 flower stems of marsh gentian , 80 thousand spotted palmate root , 2300 water lobelia and 200 water lilies .
In the regional park Labanoras there are also places with archaeological, architectural, ethnographic and historical values [6] .
In 2015, a 36-meter observation tower was opened near the village of Mindunai in the regional park [7] .
Notes
- ↑ DĖL REGIONINIŲ PARKŲ IR DRAUSTINIŲ ĮSTEIGIMO
- ↑ The Geography of Tourism of Central and Eastern European Countries
- ↑ Labanoro regioninio parko vieta
- ↑ Labanoras Regional Park
- ↑ Regional Park Labanoras, Lithuania . Global Nature Fund. Date of treatment June 25, 2009.
- ↑ Labanoras Regional Park (lit.) . Date of appeal April 21, 2019.
- ↑ Opening of the Labanor Lookout Tower
Links
- Labanoras Regional Park (lit.)
- Map of the regional park (lit.)
- Labanoras Regional Park on YouTube (lit.)