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Тема: The most famous reserves of Ukraine - Найвідоміші заповідники України

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The Most Famous Reserves of Ukraine

    Ukraine is famous all over the world for its incredible nature, an abundance of picturesque areas where a serene majesty of nature reigns. There are small and large nature reserves in Ukraine but the largest and the most famous are five national natural parks. National  parks are protected areas that are part of the natural reserve fund of Ukraine and easy to be accessed by tourists.

    These biosphere reserves in Ukraine are: the Askania-Nova Reserve, the Carpathian National Natural Park, Shatski Lakes National Natural Park, the Narcissus Valley, Buhskyi Guard National Natural Park.

The Askania-Nova Reserve

    Askania-Nova is considered to be one of the largest and oldest steppe reserves in Europe and one of the seven wonders of Ukraine.

    It is located in Kherson region in the south of Ukraine and is a virgin area of steppe which has become an outdoor museum of wild and pure nature. More than 500 species of different plants, and a great number of trees from all over the world can be found there. Many of 

these unique and ornamental plants and trees are endangered. The reserve’s zoo has become home to more than 450 species of exotic animals and birds. They are antelopes, zebras from India and Africa, Scottish ponies, wild Przewalski’s horses, flamingos, emus, bustards, cranes, white and black swans, parrots and many other rare animals and birds.

The Carpathian National Park

The Carpathian National Park is one of the oldest and largest national parks in Ukraine, too. It is located in the very heart of the Carpathian mountains in the western part of Ukraine and covers a territory of more than 50 thousand hectares. It stretches across vast mountain ranges. It includes majestic mountains and picturesque valleys, mountain pastures, crystal lakes and pure rivers. The park amazes tourists with a striking variety of flora and fauna. Its flora and fauna are very rich. There are a lot of different plants. Many of these plants are listed in the Red Book. There are almost 200 species of animals and birds. Tourists can see the highest mountain of the Carpathians — Goverla and the Guk waterfall — the gems of the national park.

The Narcissus Valley

    One of the most striking natural reserves in Ukraine is the Narcissus Valley. Annually thousands of tourists come to Ukraine to enjoy the fragrance of refined yellow and white narcissi. Nowadays the Narcissus Valley is the only place in the world where these wonderful flowers grow. Narcissi are in full blossom almost the whole of May.

Shatski Lakes National Park

    Shatski Lakes National Park is the most famous park in Western Ukraine. The national park covers an area of about 33 thousand hectares. There are 22 lakes with absolutely pure water and green forests around them in this region. They are called the “blue eyes” of Volyn. Svitiaz is the second largest natural lake of Ukraine and one of the country’s deepest lakes. It is four times deeper than the Azov Sea.

Buhskyi Guard National Park

    Buhskyi Guard National park is located in the picturesque valley of the Southern Buh in Mykolaiv region. This park is the oldest dry-land area with amazing landscapes: majestic canyons, rocky river banks on which hundreds of rare animal and bird species live and unique plants grow. Many of these species are considered to be endangered.

The Aktovskyi canyon is the only one in Europe which resembles the shapes of the famous North American canyons. The Aktovskyi canyon is a unique natural habitat of forest and water ecosystems. It is not only the place to go sightseeing but it is the place for doing extreme sports: rafting, climbing rocks or the Aktovskyi canyon’s walls.

The aims of nature reserves are to preserve and restore the very rare animals, birds, fish, plants, and trees, unique landscapes for the future generations. Of course we can visit all our nature reserves and enjoy going sightseeing but first we must think about their preservation.

We have to do our best to protect our native land. And there can be no doubt that we’ll protect it.

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