Dniester Canyon

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Dniester Canyon
Дністровський каньйон
West Ukraine
Geography
LocationTernopil Oblast, Ukraine
Population centersChortkiv Raion

Dniester Canyon – the

Dniester River canyon, located at the territory of Dniester River Valley in Ukraine. On February 3, 2010, the Regional landscape park "Dniester Canyon" was promoted to the status of the National Nature Park.[1]

Overview

Main article:
Dniester River
Strypa
, Ternopil region.
Dniester Canyon at the village of Pylypche, Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast of western Ukraine

The Dniester River is the second largest and the most ecologically clean river in Ukraine [

Zolota Lypa River to the mouth of Zbruch
. Here the Dniester flows in a canyon valley with a depth of 80–200 m (260–660 ft).

The steep canyon slopes are of

seven natural wonders of Ukraine
.

Within the canyon there are more than ten karst caves and grottoes. Small waterfalls of so-called "maiden's tears", run along copse thick bryophyte rocks.

Landscape

The most valuable and picturesque part of the whole Dniester is the 250 km-stretch from the mouth of the river

Zbruch, which is called the Dnister Canyon. The nature of the Dniester Canyon is specific and original. These are first of all picturesque landscapes and their versatility which impart contribute to the originality of these routes. The steep rocky or wooden banks with the heights to 200 m (660 ft), unique travertine rocks
and geological exfoliation, caves and grottoes with signs of human settlement upon them, waterfalls, picturesque islands, monuments of nature, history, architecture, ethnography – all these can be seen miles and miles. And all this is a wild and virginal nature which gives a perfect possibility to plunge into the world of silence and calmness.

Canyon segments

Dniester Canyon is a 250 km (160 mi) segment of Dniester River from the mouth of Zolota Lypa to the mouth of Zbruch.

Protection

The Dniester Canyon National Nature Park was established along the Dniester River course by Presidential Decree 2010 and Decree of the Minister of Environment and Natural Resources on December 12, 2011.[2]

Tourism

The Dniester Canyon attracts thousands of water tourists each year.

Alloy on the Dniester river is one of the most interesting trips in Ukraine. Picturesque landscapes include steep rocky or forest banks of 200 m high, unique travertine rocks and geological removed layers, caves and grottoes, waterfalls, islands, monuments of nature, history, architecture, and ethnography.

Skydiving

The villages of

skydiving
competition takes place here.

References

  1. ^ Один із переможців акції «7 природних чудес України» отримав статус Національного Archived July 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Хронологія подій Archived September 26, 2015, at the Wayback Machine (in Ukrainian)

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