Meschera- an amazing country of swamps and forests, lakes and rivers. For a long time, these lands were considered a dense, mysterious, reserved land. There are legends that the Meshchera is inhabited by mermaids, mermaids, and goblin. They say that the Robber Nightingale himself was nearby, on the ancient Murom highway. Meshchera attracted many writers, poets, artists and musicians.
Meschera National Park and its climate, relief and general information
was organized in 1992 on April 9. It is located in the southeastern part of the Vladimir region. On the west side, Meshchera Park borders on the Moscow Region, on the south - on the Meshchersky National Park, which is located in the Ryazan Region. The park covers 118,900 hectares of land.The landscape of the national park was formed in antiquity. It is a plain called Meshcherskaya lowland, swampy and covered with pine and birch forests.
Within territorial boundaries Meschera National Park dominates temperate continental climate, which is characterized by well-defined seasons. Humid air masses penetrate from the Atlantic into the protected area with cyclones, which in winter leads to a weakening of frosts and snowfalls, and in summer it causes rains and a drop in temperature.
Arctic masses cause strong heating of the surface in summer and a sharp cooling in winter. In January, the average temperature is -11 ° C. In the spring, the air warms up quickly enough, in mid-March the snow begins to melt, and at the beginning of May the vegetation of plants takes place. In July, the average temperature is +18.4 ° C. Warm weather remains in the protected area at the end of September. Substantial cooling occurs in October.
Major rivers Meschera National Park − Bouja and her tributary Paul, as well as Soroka, Poserda, Karaslica, Tasa. In the southwest of the park there is Holy lake.
Meschera National Park and its flora
Vegetable world Meshchera mainly represented by plants of the families: Buttercup, Noricum, Clove, Legumes, Cabbage, Pink, Sedge, Cereals, Astrovye. Most of the flora species are herbaceous plants, among which perennials prevail. Annual plants are widespread.Most of the land in the national park is occupied by forests - approximately 70%. Birch and pine forests predominate.
Meschera National Park and its fauna
Animal world Meschera National Park is distinguished by strong anthropogenic influence. The protected area is inhabited by an otter, polecat, European hare, badger, pine marten, wolf, ermine, weasel, American mink, raccoon dog, beaver, wild boar, common elk, fox, squirrel, white hare. Also here you can find Russian desman and brown bear.Among the birds, the typical inhabitants of the park are landrail, red falcon, marsh harrier, hazel grouse, black grouse, capercaillie, gray crane. Rare are gray, white-backed, three-toed and green woodpeckers, gray shrike, curlew, gray heron, great godwind, gray partridge, witch, bittern, white stork.
Common viper, common snake, viviparous and quick lizard, spindle - representatives of reptiles. Amphibians are represented by red-bellied toad, garlic, frogs (grass, sharp-faced, pond, lake), toad, comb and common newts.
In the water bodies there are Amur sleeper, crucian carp, pike, perch, common roach, common loach, as well as rare species - white-eyed and blue bream. Within the territory of Meschera National Park 149 species of weevils and approximately 520 species of Lepidoptera have been recorded.
