wealthy Russian land beautiful places and unique landscapes.Perhaps life is not enough, and that all they see with their own eyes.Lake-forest complex of the Valdai Hills retained because at the end of the XX century there was organized Valdai National Park.
history
What is so unique in this area?There are a huge number of cultural and historical monuments of the Novgorod region.In ancient times in the park lived Slavic tribes.The number of archaeological sites that have been preserved in this area is simply amazing - the object of eighty-two!This settlement and burial mounds, hills and ancient settlements and ancient sites related to the 7-6 centuries BC.
landscape art is represented by nine monuments - ancient manors with parks.You can see also 22 unique monument of wooden architecture of 17-19 centuries.The great architect of the seventeenth century, NALions created in the area of Catherine Church.Today it houses the Museum of History of Valdai.Selvitsky Island Lake Valdai from 1653 is home Svyatoozerskaya Iver Mother of God Monastery.
Remembers Valdai National Park and important historical events.Not far from Yazhelbitsy is Ignach cross.It is here Batu turned his army before reaching Novgorod.
Geographical description
Park is located on the territory of Demyansk, Okulovskaya and Valdai region of Novgorod region.The area that it occupies - more than a thousand square kilometers (more precisely - 1585).
Valdai National Park has a huge biosphere and ecological significance.Lake-forest landscapes are the main watershed of Europe, which formed due to continental glaciation, thanks to it are protected.Glacial moraine hilly terrain is presented in all its glory.The area seems to be hilly, and all because of the fact that there are considerable differences in elevation between the different forms of surface.Complementing the picture surrounding plain, which only enhances the effect.
Valdai Hills is part of an extended lake and hilly area - the Lake District.All these features are taken into account in the design of an object such as the Valdai National Park.Description it is incomplete if you do not mention that he runs like a ribbon along the main axis of the hill, stretching 100 kilometers from the northern to the southern part.At the same time it includes a large lake group, capturing the north of Lake Seliger, as well as nearly 200 small reservoirs.The most famous of them - Lake Valdai, on the island which is already mentioned monastery and Vella and Borovno (they boast picturesque beaches and vast stretches).
special zone occupies almost a quarter of the area of the Valdai park.It was here, on the river Polomet River, conducted studies of channel processes.Their results represent a significant contribution of Russian scientists to the development of the foundations of ecology and hydrological science.
Flora
rich flora has Valdai National Park.Its territory can rightly be called biodiversity areas in Eastern Europe.Higher plants are presented here in 750 species.But the most important thing is that there are rare species - and 79!Among them, they highlight some orchids and flora, the locus of which - glacial lakes.Eleven plant species listed in the Red Book of Russia.
Fifteen thousand hectares given over to hay.The vegetation consists of a variety of woods: spruce, pine and birch.Northern oak forests with ash, hazel, grasses also sometimes occur.Under the forest set aside 86 per cent of the total area.It is noted that woody plants in them represented 57 species, of which culture - 15, and the wild - 42.
Fauna
Valdai National Park (Russia) was the habitat for 45 species of fish, 180 species of birds and 50 species of mammals.Of these 32 species of birds - migrating the remaining nest immediately.Many of them are scanty or rare:
- Bittern;
- Common Merganser;
- curlew;
- gray crane;
- gray heron.
In addition, in the Red Book of Russia includes the golden eagle, serpent eagle, eagle owl, black stork and others.
Speaking of terrestrial vertebrates, their basis is the bear, badger, marten, fox, lynx, wild boar, elk, hare, as well as animals, conducting part of their life in the water: otter, beaver, water ratmink.Many different species of ducks here.On the whole territory of the Valdai park inhabited by wolves.Waters rich in fish: carp, whitefish, pike, burbot, bream, pike, perch, roach, ruff, etc.Total water residents here there are 40 species, including rare: brook trout, brook lamprey, bullhead and European grayling.
Climate
That area, which is a national park Valdai, characterized by a mild climate.These conditions have a positive impact on the diversity of plant and animal worlds.
The average temperature of the coldest month is -10 degrees Celsius, the warmest - 16.Annual average - three degrees Celsius.Snow covers the territory of Valdai park for 140 days, the height of its cover can reach 45 cm. The duration of the frost-free period - 128 days.
rapid variability of weather characterized by the national park "Valdai".The Valdai (Russia) the most frequently observed southern, western and south-westerly winds.
Tourism
get to the park is very easy from major Russian cities - St. Petersburg and Moscow.That is why it is included in the list of the most visited.The Valdai National Park - a place of tourist rallies, here are the children's camps, etc.
Good conditions have been created for tourists.They always wait for the many guest houses.Each of the 80 sites for the tourists will be able to accommodate up to four hundred people.For the convenience of the visitors - a minimum set of furniture timber, which includes tables and canopies.In addition, provided waste bins, toilets and places for ignition of fires.At each such site, you can find an information stand where the addresses for communication and rules of behavior in the park.
