Azovo-Sivash National Natural Park 6. Azovo-Sivash National Natural Park. Azov-Sivash National Park

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Located in the Northern Azov region, within the Novotroitsky and Genichesk regions Kherson region and nearby waters of the Azov Sea. It stretches for 94 km from west to east, and 33 km from north to south. The total area of ​​the park is 57.4 thousand hectares, of which almost 49 thousand hectares are under the water areas of the central Sivash and a 1-kilometer strip of sea around about. Biryuchy. The dry land areas assigned to the park have a total area of ​​8469 hectares, including 7528 hectares in the Genichesk region (Biryuchiy Island and part of Kuyuk-Tuk Island) and 941 hectares in Novotroitskoye (part of Churyuk Island with nearby small islands).

The whole territory nature reserve belongs to the park without other users of natural resources. Protected area is 38 970 hectares, and the economic - 12 473 hectares. The park is located within the Prisivash-Priazovskaya lowland region of the Black Sea-Priazovskaya dry-walled province and the Prisivash-Crimean lowland region of the Crimean steppe province of the dry-steppe subzone of the steppe zone of Ukraine.

The issue of granting status protected these territories and waters rose already in late XIX Art., when their active economic development began. At the end of the 20s of the last century, extensive comprehensive research began here, and already in 1923, by a single nature reserve in the south of Ukraine "Askania-Nova" along with the Black Sea islands annexed about. Churyuk, located on the central Sivash... In July 1927, the Nadmorskie Spit reserve was created at the Askania-Nova reserve (in January 1933 it became an independent nature reserve), which included, in addition to areas of the northern Black Sea coast, areas Sivash and the coast of the Azov Sea.

Later (in July 1937), two state nature reserve: Black Sea and Azov-Sivash... In 20 years Azov-Sivash reserve was reorganized into Azovo-Sivash state reserve hunting economy as a part of about. Biryuchy and four other islands of the Central Sivash: Kuyuk-Tuk and Churyuk, Martynyachy and China. The status was granted protected also the waters of a 1-kilometer sea strip around about. Biryuchy and partly the water area around other islands. And, in the end, by the Decree of the President of Ukraine dated February 25, 1993, on the basis of the protected hunting economy, Azov-Sivash National nature Park in order to preserve the nesting of birds, flora and fauna, unique natural complexes Northern Azov region and for their rational use for scientific, environmental, economic and recreational purposes.

The Sivash-Priazov region is characterized by certain types of landscapes, which do not have continuous distribution within the park and, in addition, are of various types. Biryuchiy Island, together with the Fedotov Spit, belongs to the type of seaside landscapes and is characterized by modern seaside sandy-shell estuary-marine plains with underdeveloped sod-archery saline soils and salt marshes. A special place in the landscape structure of the island is occupied by landscapes of sea and inland bays.

Central Sivash is a brass-type sea bay. Within its boundaries, the so-called "droughts" are distinguished - areas of periodic and constant flooding, which, in anhydrous state, look like hard-loamy sor salt marshes. Its islands are represented by weakly drainage forest-like plains with chestnut medium and strongly solonetzic soils in combination with alkaline soils and archery saline soils.

The climate of the park territory is moderately continental with sultry long dry summers and relatively short winters with unstable snow cover 5-10 cm thick. The average July temperature is approximately + 24 ° С, with a maximum of + 40 ° С. The amount of precipitation is insignificant and has the lowest indicator in Ukraine - about 260 mm per year. The region is characterized by prolonged droughts with dry winds.

In such climatic and soil conditions, a relatively poor desert steppe and saline vegetation is formed. The coenotic diversity of the park is represented mainly by feather grass and wheatgrass steppes and psammophytic vegetation. For the dominant classification, there are four bog associations, 10 coastal water associations, 21 salt marshes, and 42 archer associations. Seven steppe associations are included in the Green Book of Ukraine. There are 308 species of vascular plants growing in the park. 12 species are listed in the Red Book of Ukraine, of which bryophytes and lichens - one species each, and mushrooms - three species.

On the protected islands of Central Sivash- Churyuka and Kuyuk-Tuka, which were the least susceptible to anthropogenic influence, preserved true steppe phytocenoses. Here grow the Scythian October, the violet marvel, dry-steppe sage, bristly trinia. Such endemic and narrowly endemic species as Kermek Churyuk, Sivash Scorm, Sivash Smolevka, Biryuchansky Yarrow, as well as Pleistocene relict species, which are found on the territory of Ukraine only in the Sivash region, are widespread: ofaistron monochromatic, tetradiklis tender; in the watersheds there are desert steppes with a significant amount of xerophytic dwarf shrubs in the herbage - Crimean wormwood, kurai modrinny, as well as cereals - Becker's boar, Lavrenkov's wheatgrass, Lessing's feather grass and Ukrainian. On many spits, there are the Caspian-Kermek and plantain formations, and on the wet solonchaks of the littoral zone, there is a fairly widespread desert-halophytic vegetation: herbaceous solonetz, prostrate sodnik, tritichinka petrosimony, semi-shrub kermek, knobby sarsazan, and tatar lutiga.

Coastal areas of the Azov and Black Seas, especially Sivash with its many islands and peninsulas, it is a concentration of many birds, which are attracted by the mild climate, rich foraging grounds and well-protected nesting areas from generation to generation. Numerous birds stop here for respite and feeding. It is no coincidence that they say that there is a long flight path here.

Back in 1976, the territory Sivash(bay Sivash) with a total area of ​​45,700 hectares, together with three others, was declared a wetland of international importance, i.e. became the subject of the Convention on Wetlands, which are of international importance, mainly as a habitat for waterfowl (Ramsar, 1971). In 1995, by a decree of the Government of Ukraine, 22 wetlands of international importance were already identified, including "Central Sivash"with an area of ​​80,000 hectares (this list also mentions" Vostochny Sivash"with an area of ​​165,000 hectares).

The characteristics of sites that meet the criteria of the Ramsar Convention are as follows:

• if there are more than 1 million birds in seasonal concentrations throughout the year (gulls, ducks, marsh marshes, waders, mute swan, galagaz, herons, and others)
• if the rarest endangered species are registered, which are listed in the Red Book of Ukraine: sea plover, stilt, oystercatcher, warbler, black-headed gull and white-tailed eagle.

Near the steppes of the Sivash region and on about. There are bustard, little bustard, steppe and gray crane, field harrier and steppe, golden eagle, spotted eagle, balaban, peregrine falcon, steppe kestrel. In total, the park has 30 bird species listed in the Red Book of Ukraine. White-tailed eagle and little bustard are also European Red List items; there may be more than 1% of the populations of the red-headed goose and the mud-borer, which winter here.

At the same time, the poor ornithological complex was at one time the main basis for the creation reserved-hunting economy. Steppe forbs about. Biryuchy contributed to the formation here of numerous populations of acclimatized red deer (in 1992, the maximum number of it was recorded on the island - 830 heads), fallow deer (in 1991 there were 1425 heads), mouflon (987 heads in 1992) and kulan (in 1994 it was 37 heads). Acclimatization work began in 1928. The common pheasant is acclimatized here from hunting birds, the number of which periodically reaches several hundred. Also on about. Biryuchiy created wonderful conditions for the existence of aboriginal species of fauna, for example, a hare, a fox, a raccoon dog. Their number, especially given the tense epidemiological situation in the region, has to be constantly regulated.

In general, there are over 5 thousand animal species within the park, including 250 vertebrates. Of the amphibians, the green toad and the lake frog are often found, among the reptiles there are numerous nimble lizards, colorful lizards, common and water lizards. Of the fish, the flounder glossa and kalkan, leopard gobies, boby and Knipovich, Russian sturgeon and stellate sturgeon, as well as the recently acclimatized Far Eastern species of mullet, pilengas, are of industrial importance.

Insects find various ecological niches in the park. For sandy soils, first of all, jumpers, quail, earwigs, bembidions and rove beetles are characteristic. Hymenoptera (pompilids, sphecids, bees) dig their nests here. Larvae of dragonflies and dipterans develop in the water. There is a wide variety of swimmers, water lovers, twirling bugs, water meters. There are many oligochaetes and polychaetes with annelids in shallow waters. Meet different types ciliates, sponges, crustaceans, molluscs and representatives of other groups.

In general, the fauna of the park includes: mammals - 17 species, birds - 197, reptiles - 8, amphibians - two species, fish - 26 species, molluscs - 6, spider-like - 3 species, crustaceans - 5 species, ringed worms - 1 species, hydroid polyps - 2 types.

The park also protects many species of animals listed in the Red Book of Ukraine: the great jerboa, the steppe ferret, the azovka dolphin and the four-striped and yellow-bellied runners, the copperhead, the steppe viper, as well as two types of hydroid polyps, one annelid worms and crustaceans, and 5 species insects, among which praying mantises (sand empusa and orthoptera iris), hymenoptera (reddish road wasp cryptocholus and swarming wasp gray striped), as well as snow-white levkomigus of solid-winged animals.

Recently, in the Azov region, work has been carried out to expand the territory of the existing park, primarily due to the water areas of the wetland of international importance. Sivash, and creating a new national park in the Crimean part Sivash("Oriental Sivash This will greatly contribute to the preservation of natural complexes, the restoration of desert-steppe and shallow-water ecosystems, and will be the beginning of a new page in the life of these extremely attractive territories and water areas of southern Ukraine.

Location:

28 km east of the Strelkovoye Kurort, on the Biryuchiy Ostrov spit.

The granting of the status of a reserve to the territories of the Prisivash-Priazovskaya lowland and the Prisivash-Crimean lowland and their water areas worried nature conservationists already at the end of the 19th century, when their active economic development began.

At the end of the 20s of the last century, extensive comprehensive research began here, and already in 1923 Fr. Churyuk, located in the central Sivash. In July 1927, the Nadmorskie Spit reserve was created at the Askania-Nova reserve (in January 1933 it became an independent reserve), which included, in addition to the northern Black Sea coast, the Sivash and the Azov Sea coast. Later (in July 1937), two state nature reserves: Black Sea and Azov-Sivash. Reorganization of the Azov-Sivash reserve into the Azov-Sivash state reserve-hunting economy as part of the island. Biryuchy and four other islands of the Central Sivash: Kuyuk-Tuk and Churyuk, Martynyachiy and China, were produced 20 years later. The status of the protected area was also granted to the water area of ​​the 1-kilometer sea strip around the island. Biryuchy and partly the water area around other islands.

By the decree of the President of Ukraine dated February 25, 1993, on the basis of the reserve-hunting economy, was created Azov-Sivash National Natural Park in order to preserve the nesting of birds, flora and fauna, unique natural complexes of the Northern Azov region and for their rational use for scientific, environmental, economic and recreational purposes.

The Sivash-Priazov region is characterized by certain types of landscapes that do not have a continuous band of distribution within the park and are of different types. Biryuchiy Island, together with the Fedotov Spit, belongs to the type of seaside landscapes and is characterized by modern seaside sandy-shell estuary-marine plains with underdeveloped sod-archery saline soils and salt marshes. A special place in the landscape structure of the island is occupied by landscapes of sea and inland bays.

Central Sivash is a brass-type sea bay. On its territory, the so-called "droughts" are distinguished - areas of periodic and constant flooding, which in an anhydrous state look like hard-loamy sor salt marshes.

The climate of the park territory is moderately continental with sultry long dry summers and relatively short winters with unstable snow cover. The amount of precipitation is insignificant and has the lowest indicator in Ukraine - 260 mm per year. This region is characterized by prolonged droughts with dry winds.

Therefore, here, in such climatic and soil conditions, a relatively poor desert steppe and saline vegetation is formed. There are 308 species of vascular plants growing in the park. 12 species are included in the Red Book of Ukraine.

The islands of the Central Sivash - Churyuk and Kuyuk-Tuka - are least susceptible to anthropogenic influence, therefore, real steppe phytocenoses have been preserved here. Among them are the Scythian October, the violet marvel, the bristly trinia, the dry steppe sage.

The coastal regions of the Azov and Black Seas, especially the Sivash with their numerous islands and peninsulas, is a place of concentration of nesting places for many species of birds. For them, these places are attractive primarily due to the mild climate, rich forage lands and well-protected areas of land for nesting. For numerous birds, the islands serve as a respite and feeding place. The so-called "big flight path" passes through these places.

Back in 1976, the territory of the Sivash Bay with a total area of ​​45,700 hectares, along with three others, was declared a wetland of international importance. This meant that it became the subject of the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance, mainly as a habitat for waterfowl (Ramsar, 1971).

Near the steppes of the Sivash region and on about. Biruchiy bustard, bustard, steppe and gray crane, field harrier and steppe, spotted eagle, golden eagle, balaban, peregrine falcon, steppe kestrel. The park has 30 bird species listed in the Red Book of Ukraine. White-tailed eagle and little bustard are also European Red List items; there may be more than 1% of the populations of the red-headed goose and the mud-squirrel, which winter here.

Also on about. Biryuchiy created wonderful conditions for the existence of aboriginal species of fauna, for example, fox, brown hare, raccoon dog, green toad.

In general, there are over 5 thousand animal species within the park, including 250 vertebrates. Of the amphibians, the lake frog is also often found, among the reptiles there are numerous nimble lizards, both common and aquatic, the multi-colored lizard. Of industrial importance are such fish as: Glossa flounder and Kalkan, boby, leopard and Knipovich gobies, Russian sturgeon and stellate sturgeon, as well as the recently acclimatized Far Eastern species of mullet - pilengas.

In general, the fauna of the park is represented by the following numbers: mammals 17 species, birds - 197, reptiles - 8, amphibians - two species, fish - 26 species, molluscs - 6, arachnids - 3 species, crustaceans - 5 species, ringed worms - 1 species, hydroids polyps - 2 types.

The animals of the park listed in the Red Book of Ukraine: the big jerboa, the steppe ferret, the azovka dolphin and the four-striped and yellow-bellied runners, the copperhead, the steppe viper, as well as two types of hydroid polyps, one annelid worms and crustaceans, and 5 species of insects, including the praying mantises and (sandy empusa and orthoptera iris), hymenoptera (road wasp cryptocholus reddish and burrowing wasp puss striped).

At the same time, the poor ornithological complex was at one time the main basis for the creation of a reserved hunting economy. Steppe forbs about. Biryuchy, which is a continuation of the Fedotova Spit, contributed to the formation here of numerous populations of acclimatized red deer, fallow deer, mouflon and wild ass.

Availability large area, the isolation of the territory, rich vegetation and fresh water makes it possible to use this unique corner of nature for the cultivation and protection of rare and endangered species of flora and fauna, and for us - to plunge into the world wildlife and enjoy it to the fullest.

How to get there:

inspection of the natural park is possible only with a guide! You can order both land and sea excursions. Access to natural park only by prior agreement and special permits... There are three ways to visit the natural park: 1) get a pass - for this you need to contact the Kherson forestry department (Kherson, Kanatnaya street 2); 2) buy a ticket to the recreation center on the island of Biryuchiy; 3) order an excursion from

The Azov-Sivash National Natural Park, created on the basis of Biryuchiy Island, is called Ukrainian Bali. Here you can feel like a real Robinson Crusoe, moving into the conditions of a wild, untouched nature.

Several employees of the reserve live permanently on the island. They organized their own household, raise animals and bake homemade bread. And under the island, at a depth of more than 100 meters, there is an underground fresh lake, from which several springs of mineral water flow.

The history of the creation of the Azov-Sivash reserve

One of the attractions of the Kherson region, rich in beautiful natural areas, is. In 1993, the Azovo-Sivashsky was created here national park.

However, this island has been known since the time of the settlement of the Scythian tribes, which is now reminded of by several mounds and stone statues. In addition, a similar island is depicted on ancient Scythian coins. Its active settlement began in the 19th century, and in Soviet times there were already two fishing villages here. Unfortunately, they were flooded by the sea.

In the early 1960s, on the initiative of Nikita Khrushchev, who was an avid hunter, a “reserve hunting” farm was created on the nearby lands and a dacha was built for the secretary general, next to which a presidential residence appeared already during the independence of Ukraine.

What to watch

Today the Azov-Sivash National Natural Park is an area untouched by human hands. It stretches 94 kilometers long and 33 kilometers wide and occupies 57.4 thousand hectares. Due to the mild climate and saline soil, steppe plant species prevail here, among which there are rare ones listed in the Red Book: sage, Sivash worm, yarrow. Big birds also fly: golden eagle, falcon, kestrel.

However, the most "populated" in the reserve is the Biryuchiy Ostrov spit. For this she is called " Noah's ark". Rare species of animals and birds living on the island are extinct on the mainland or are on the verge of extinction. There are acclimatized red deer, fallow deer, kulans, mouflons. Such a concentration of ungulates is a rarity even for the African savannah.

However, to see this beauty and inhale the salty sea ​​air until recently it was impossible: the Azov-Sivash National Park did not receive visitors. For excursions and recreation, it was opened several years ago and organized three excursion routes - two overland and boat trip on the boat. In addition, the crystal clear sea, fresh air, animals and birds that are interesting to watch in natural conditions attract many holidaymakers. Here you can get a job in special houses.

Azov-Sivash National Natural Park(ukr. Azov-Sivaskiy National Natural Park) is a national park located in the north of the western part of the water area of ​​the Sivash Bay and on the Biryuchiy Ostrov spit, which is on the territory of the Kherson region of Ukraine.

On the Biryuchiy Island spit there are several rest houses, observation towers, and places for short-term picnics. There are three road route connecting the infrastructure of the park.

Nature

According to the physical-geographical zoning, the park is located within the Prisivash-Priazovskaya lowland region of the Black Sea-Priazovskaya dry-steppe province and the Prisivash-Crimean lowland region of the Crimean steppe province of the dry-steppe subzone of the steppe zone of Ukraine. According to the system of geobotanical zoning, the overland part of the park is included in the Sivash district of the subzone of the Azov-Black Sea steppe sub-province of the Black Sea province of the European-Asian steppe region. Spit Biryuchiy Island and Fedotova Spit belong to the type of seaside landscapes and are characterized by modern seaside sandy-shell-rock estuary-marine plains with underdeveloped soddy saline soils and salt marshes. Central Sivash is a lagoon-type sea bay. Within its limits, the so-called "droughts" are distinguished - areas that are periodically flooded under the influence of surge waves, which during a drought look like heavy loamy sor salt marshes. Its islands are represented by slightly soddy forest-like plains with chestnut medium and strongly solonetzic soils in combination with solonetz and meadow saline soils. The climate of the park is moderately continental, with hot, long dry summers and relatively short winters with unstable snow cover 5-10 cm thick. The average July temperature is + 24 ° С, maximum + 40 ° С. The average January temperature is −3 ° С, the minimum is −34 ° С. The average annual rainfall is about 260 mm. The region is characterized by prolonged droughts with dry winds.

Flora

The vegetation of the Sivash islands is represented by desert steppe and salt marshes, the Biryuchiy Island spit is represented by real steppes, and the coast of the Utlyuk estuary is occupied by reed thickets. Some endemics were described precisely from the national park and became the subject of research. A total of 308 plant species have been registered, incl. 12 species are included in the Red Book of Ukraine.

The Sivash Islands were less affected by anthropogenic influence, where true steppe phytocenoses have survived. Here grow Illyrian buttercup ( Ranúnculus illýricus), purple mullein ( Verbascum phoeniceum), dry steppe sage ( Salvia tesquicola). Among the endemic species, such species are widespread Kermek Churyuk ( Limonium tschurjukiense), divala Mutovskaya (Sivash) ( Scleranthus verticillatus), Sivash resin (), biryuchinsky yarrow ( Achillea birjuczensis), sitnik Fomin, Azov field grass ( Agrostis maeotica) a synonym for giant bent, Bugwort Sivash ( Lepidium syvaschicum), Sivash dandelion ( Taráxacum syvaschicum), saline cravnik ( Odontites salinus). Pleistocene relict plants are found only in the Sivash region, such as the single-lamellar ophiston ( Ofaistoneta monandri) and tetradiklis thin ( Tetradiclis tenella). Desert steppes are widespread on the watersheds. The herbage is represented by xerophytic shrubs (Tauric wormwood Artemisia taurica, larch hodgepodge Salsola laricina) and cereals (Becker's fescue Festuca beckeri, Lavrenko's wheatgrass Agropyron lavrenkoanum,

Pink Lake Sivash - this is the name of the system of small bays, which is located in the west of the Sea of ​​Azov, between the Arabat Spit on one side and the shores of the peninsula on the other. Sivash separates the Crimean peninsula from the mainland, and its name in translation from the Crimean Tatar means "mud". Here they swim, fish (mainly flounder-glossu) and, of course, are treated with mud. Experts say that the Sivash mud is not inferior to the famous mud in terms of its medicinal qualities. Dead sea and Saki lake. Chemical composition these gifts of the earth allows them to be successfully used in the treatment and prevention of various diseases, as well as to improve immunity and general strengthening of the body.

This bay, once open and deep, because of the soft and mobile soil of the Sea of ​​Azov, was gradually clogged with sediments, from which the sea surges piled up a mass of shoals and spits, called here barrows. The banks of the Sivash are completely sloping, the water in them is stagnant, and the sea is so shallow that in some places you have to walk a mile from the coast to enter the water knee-deep. Sea winds bring water to the mainland, and in the summer heat, the shallow Sivash dries up, and its shores are covered with a salt crust.

Healing properties of the Sivash Bay

In summer, in shallow water, the water gets very hot and sometimes emits a putrid smell, which is why Sivash is also called the Rotten Sea. Since sea water evaporates intensively, Sivash is highly mineralized. Sivash brine contains chloride compounds of sodium, potassium and magnesium, magnesium bromide, magnesium sulfate and other salts. it is contained here not only in lakes - it has penetrated into the soil. Salt mines have been carried out on the Sivash for over a thousand years: the salt mined here was transported even to Japan and Egypt.

It is interesting to visit Sivash at the end of summer, when one of the species of the microalga Dunaliella Salina begins to bloom in the water. It develops a large number of beta-carotene, and the water takes on various shades of red - from raspberry to brick.

It is a stone's throw from the bitter-salty Sivash to a freshwater source - the fountain gushes straight from the ground. The characteristic smell of hydrogen sulfide is the only drawback of this water and, at the same time, the main indicator of the healthiness of the source. It is known that drinking such water is very useful for people suffering from metabolic disorders.

The Sivash is separated from the sea by a narrow (in some places up to 500 m) and long (110 km) sandy strip, bearing the name, in its northern part it is crossed by a narrow Genichevsky, or Thin Strait, connecting the Sivash with Sea of ​​Azov... The Sivash system is a complex mix of water and land. Numerous islands, peninsulas and capes here alternate with stretches, straits and more or less isolated bays. In total, the Sivash system occupies over 10 thousand square meters. km, of which water accounts for more than 2500 sq. km.

The smaller part of the Sivash, located to the west of the Chongar Strait, is called the Western Sivash, and the larger part to the east is called the Eastern. When large, the Sivash is distinguished by its exceptional shallowness. Its greatest depth does not exceed 3 m, and the average is 70 cm. According to the famous geologist I.V. Mushketov, on the site of Sivash in the recent geological past there was land: the bay arose on it together with the invasion of the rising waters of the sea.

Departure to the lake is free. Many tourists come here as savages and stay in tents. The tourist infrastructure is just beginning to develop here. The water in the lake is very salty, so diving here is undesirable, and after each swim it is recommended to rinse your skin fresh water. Strong winds attracts lovers of kiteboarding here - riding on the surface of the lake on boards with the use of kites. Some tourists, leaving the Sivash, take water from the lake and.

Flora and fauna of the Sivash bay

The flora and fauna of the Sivash region is unique - it's all about the local climate and soil characteristics. Wonderful conditions attract birds here for winter quarters, even the rarest representatives of birds are found here. For example, a relict little bustard was noticed here, which previously lived exclusively in the steppes of the Azov Sea.

A guest from the salt lakes of southern Asia and Europe - galagaz - is also found in these territories. Recently, pheasants have been bred on these islands. Among the local plants are the indigenous representatives of the Azov flora: Russian valerian, awnless stokolos, jaundice and others.

Landscape park "Kalinovsky"

In the Dzhankoy region, near the village of Transparent in the vicinity of the Central Sivash, on an area of ​​12 thousand hectares, there is a regional landscape park "Kalinovsky". It was created with the aim of preserving wetlands of international importance at the site of the Kalinovka tract, where a military training ground was located.

The landscape park occupies one of the numerous peninsulas of the Sivash coast - Tyupkangil. The Sivash lagoon is shallow here, the coast of the 25 km long peninsula is periodically flooded. On the territory of the park, there are natural associations of several types of Crimean steppes: soddy-cereal, zonal-desert, pale-forb.

Of the fauna in the Kalinovsky Landscape Park, settlements of cormorants, sandpipers, and gulls are widespread. The protected areas are inhabited by about 150 species of birds, more than 10 of which - the yellow heron, cinder, long-nosed merganser, white-tailed eagle, steppe crane and others - are listed in the Red Book.

How to get to the Kalinovsky Landscape Park?

To get to landscape park"Kalinovskiy" from Dzhankoe you need to get to the village of Transparent.

Sivash Botanical Reserve

You can also breathe deeply the air filled with the aroma of fragrant herbs with salty notes of Sivash in the Prisivash Botanical Sanctuary, located in the Nizhnegorsk region of Crimea. The virgin steppe with medicinal plants is protected here, in particular with extensive thickets of chamomile, a valuable and very popular medicinal plant.

During the flowering period, chamomile covers vast areas with a solid carpet, and its aroma is carried by a warm wind far across the steppe. A visit to the reserve during the chamomile bloom can be a vivid experience.

You can get to Nizhnegorye, where the Sivash reserve is located, by following from the White Rock down the course of the Biok-Karasu river. This road will lead you to the village of Nizhnegorye. It is noteworthy that the geographical center of Crimea is located here; in the Soviet era, a memorial sign with a corresponding mark was erected on this territory.

The estate of Shatilov, a local eminent landowner, has recently been restored in the village. The estate hosts temporary exhibitions of local artists, one of which is called "Shatilov's Night Estate": guests of the exhibition are invited to stroll around the night estate, illuminated by numerous candles and enjoy the best works of Crimean artists.

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