Irmak Nature Park

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Irmak Nature Park
Irmak Tabiat Parkı
Ministry of Environment and Forest

Irmak Nature Park (

Istanbul Province, Turkey.[1]

Irmak Nature Park is situated across

Ministry of Environment and Forest
in 2011, and is one of the nine nature parks inside the Belgrad Forest. It covers an area of about 10 ha (25 acres). The protected area is named for the creek (Turkish: Irmak) running through the protected area.[1][2]

The nature park offers outdoor recreation activities such as hiking, cycling and picnicing for visitors on daily basis.[2] There are playgrounds for children. Admission is charged for visitors and vehicles.[1]

Ecosystem

Flora

Vegetation of the nature park is dense wood of deciduous trees comprising sessile oak (Quercus petraea), Kasnak oak (Quercus vulcanica), hornbeam (Carpinus betulus), European alder (Alnus glutinosa), sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa), blackthorn (Prunus spinosa), laurestine (Viburnum tinus), common ivy (Hedera helix), butcher's-broom (Ruscus aculeatus) and blackberry (Rubus).[1]

Fauna

Animals mainly observed in the Belgrad Forest are

gray wolf, marten, hare, squirrel, porcupine, wood mouse, the reptile tortoise and the bird species buzzard, hawk, magpie, crow, woodpecker, passer, finch and goldfinch.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Irmak Tabiat Parkı" (in Turkish). İstanbul Tabiat Parkları. Retrieved 2017-05-06.
  2. ^ "Tabiat Parkları - Irmak Tabiat Parkı" (in Turkish). Orman ve Su İşleri Bakanlığı-1. Bölge Müdürlüğü-İstanbul Şube Müdürlüğü. Retrieved 2017-05-06.
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