Gaizinkalns Nature Park

Coordinates: 56°53′00″N 25°57′00″E / 56.88333°N 25.95000°E / 56.88333; 25.95000
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Gaizinkalns Nature Park
Latgalia
Coordinates56°53′00″N 25°57′00″E / 56.88333°N 25.95000°E / 56.88333; 25.95000
Area20.00 km2 (7.72 sq mi)[1]
Established1957

Gaizinkalns Nature Park is can be found in

Gaizinkalns - 311.94 m.[3]

Characteristics

Gaizinkalns and the surrounding hills have steep slopes overgrown with forest. The forest covers 70% of the park territory. These are mainly spruce or small oak and birch groves. Half of the 25 highest peaks of Latvia, which exceed 270 meters above sea level, are located in the park or near it territory. Gaizinkalns Nature Park belongs to the Vestiena Protected Landscape.[4][5]

History

The summit of

Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Latvia on March 2, 1999.[6] On 14 December 2012, the 45 meter high Gaizinkalns observation tower, which has been built during the Soviet era in Latvia, was blown up.[7]

Flora

Among the protected plant species are Androsace filiformis, Corallorhiza trifida, Dactylorhiza incarnata, Cardamine bulbifera, Myriophyllum alterniflorum, Salix myrtilloides, Agrimonia pilosa, Conioselinum tataricum, Primula farinosa, Iris sibirica, Gladiolus imbricatus, Platanthera chlorantha, Dactylorhiza maculata, Dactylorhiza majalis subsp. baltica and Dactylorhiza incarnata.[8] Lichens such as Pleurosticta acetabulum and Arthonia vinosa also grow there.[9]

Fauna

Among the mammals there are

wolves, lynxes, badgers, red deer, squirrels, wild boars, wild goats, elk, stoats, Eurasian otters, beavers, common shrew and Eurasian pygmy shrew. Many species of bats live in the protected area, such as brown long-eared bat, pond bat, northern bat, Daubenton's bat, common pipistrelle and the Nathusius's pipistrelle.[10] Among the birds that live there are species of white stork, black stork, common merganser, common goldeneye, black grouse, common crane, corn crake, hazel grouse, grey partridge, common tern, black-headed gull, European nightjar, red-backed shrike, black woodpecker, white-backed woodpecker, Eurasian three-toed woodpecker and red-breasted flycatcher.[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ Gaiziņkalns Protected Planet
  2. ^ Nature parks | Gaizinkalns Archived 2015-06-21 at the Wayback Machine, daba.gov.lv
  3. ^ Gaizinkalns Nature Park profile on the portal draugiem.lv
  4. ^ Gaizinkalns Nature Park, places.lv
  5. ^ Gaizinkalns Nature Park profile on the portal draugiem.lv
  6. ^ id = 22697 Regulations on nature parks, likumi.lv
  7. ^ Gaizinkalns and its surroundings Madona district portal
  8. ^ (in Latvian) Dabas parka "Gaiziņkalns" dabas aizsardzības plāns (izstrādāts laika periodam no 2004. gada līdz 2009.gadam), Madona, 2004. a. lk 32
  9. ^ (in Latvian) Dabas parka "Gaiziņkalns" dabas aizsardzības plāns (izstrādāts laika periodam no 2004. gada līdz 2009.gadam), Madona, 2004. a. lk 33
  10. ^ (in Latvian) Dabas parka "Gaiziņkalns" dabas aizsardzības plāns (izstrādāts laika periodam no 2004. gada līdz 2009.gadam), Madona, 2004. a. lk 34
  11. ^ (in Latvian) Dabas parka "Gaiziņkalns" dabas aizsardzības plāns (izstrādāts laika periodam no 2004. gada līdz 2009.gadam), Madona, 2004. a. lk 35–36
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