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Dvorichanskyi National Nature Park
Dvorichna National Park ( uk, Дворічанський національний природний парк) is a national park in Ukraine, on the right bank of the Oskil (river), Oskil River, in Eastern Ukraine. It was created in 2009, as a result of a President of Ukraine, presidential decree. The park is located in Kupiansk Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, near the Russia–Ukraine border, Russian border. It covers 3,131 hectares of state-owned land. Topography The territory has dissected topography, with many valleys and slopes. Flora and fauna The limestone rock and soils of the chalk steppe creates a unique ecosystem. The park is the habitat of plant species including ''Artemisia nutans'', ''Artemisia salsoloides'', ''Artemisia hololeuca'', ''Hyssopus cretaceus'', ''Scrophularia cretacea'', ''Matthiola fragrans'', ''Linum usitatissimum'', and ''Androsace koso-poljanskii''. 30% of the plant species are endemic to the area. The park is home to a number of marmot colonies. Referen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kupiansk Raion
Kupiansk Raion is a district in Ukraine in the state of Kharkiv Oblast. The administrative center of the raion is the city of Kupiansk. Population: On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Kharkiv Oblast was reduced to seven, and the area of Kupiansk Raion was significantly expanded. Three abolished raions, Dvorichna, Shevchenkove, and Velykyi Burluk Raions, as well as the city of Kupiansk, which was previously incorporated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion, were merged into Kupiansk Raion. The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was It is approximately 120 kilometers to the east of Kharkiv and 40 kilometers south of the border with the Russian Federation. Subdivisions Current After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 8 hromadas: * Dvorichna settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Dvorichna, transferred from Dvorichna Raion; * Kindrashivk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
