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List Of Forests In Lithuania
Bubiai-Padubysis-Forest, Šiauliai Regionalpark Pavilniai, Pūčkoriai ">Pūčkoriai.html" ;"title="Pavilniai, Pūčkoriai">Pavilniai, Pūčkoriai Forests in Lithuania cover approximately 33% of Lithuania's territory. Of these, about 50% are publicly owned, and 30% are privately owned; the remainder is reserved for possible future privatization. The dominant species are Scots pine (''Pinus sylvestris'') (42%) and spruce (''Picea abies'') (22.8%). The average age of the forest stands is 53 years. The largest forest is Dainava Forest at 1,350 km2. Lithuania encompasses about 65,200 square km. Based on an estimated average of 100 trees per hectare, there are over 200 million trees in Lithuania. Footnotes References * Literatur * Edvardas Riepšas. Lietuvos miškai. Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija, T. XII (Lietuva). – Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutas, 2007. 66 psl. {{Europe in topic, List of forests in , countries_only=yes Fore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lavoriškės Forest
Lavoriškės is a village in Vilnius district municipality, Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ..., it is located only about east of Vilnius city municipality. According to the 2011 census, it had population of 621. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Lavoriskes Villages in Vilnius County Vilnius District Municipality ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forests Of Lithuania
A forest is an area of land dominated by trees. Hundreds of definitions of forest are used throughout the world, incorporating factors such as tree density, tree height, land use, legal standing, and ecological function. The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) defines a forest as, "Land spanning more than 0.5 hectares with trees higher than 5 meters and a canopy cover of more than 10 percent, or trees able to reach these thresholds ''in situ''. It does not include land that is predominantly under agricultural or urban use." Using this definition, '' Global Forest Resources Assessment 2020'' (FRA 2020) found that forests covered , or approximately 31 percent of the world's land area in 2020. Forests are the predominant terrestrial ecosystem of Earth, and are found around the globe. More than half of the world's forests are found in only five countries (Brazil, Canada, China, Russia, and the United States). The largest share of forests (45 percent) are in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Visuotinė Lietuvių Enciklopedija
The ''Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija'' or VLE (translation ''Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia'') is a 25-volume universal Lithuanian-language encyclopedia published by the Science and Encyclopaedia Publishing Institute from 2001 to 2014. VLE is the first published universal encyclopedia in independent Lithuania (it replaces the former ''Lietuviškoji Tarybinė Enciklopedija'' which was published in thirteen volumes from 1976 to 1985). The last volume, XXV, was published in July 2014. An additional volume of updates, error corrections, and indexes was published in 2015. The encyclopedia's twenty-five volumes contain nearly 122,000 articles and about 25,000 illustrations. Since 2017 June the VLE is published as an online encyclopedia being updated to present day. Description VLE is an encyclopedia published in Lithuanian, therefore it focuses on Lithuania, Lithuanians and Lithuanian topics (Lithuanian personalities, organizations, language, culture, national activities). Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edvardas Riepšas
Edvardas is a Lithuanian masculine given name, a cognate of Edward. *Edvardas Gudavičius Edvardas Gudavičius (6 September 1929 – 27 January 2020) was a Lithuanian historian. He was known as one of the best historians in Lithuania specializing in the early history of Grand Duchy of Lithuania. In 1953, he graduated from Kaunas Pol ... (born 1929), historian in modern Lithuania * Edvardas Jokūbas Daukša (1836–1890), Lithuanian poet, translator, participant of 1863 Uprising {{given name Masculine given names Lithuanian masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Žagarė Forest
Žagarė (, see also other names) is a city located in the Joniškis district, northern Lithuania, close to the border with Latvia. It has a population of about 2,000, down from 14,000 in 1914, when it was the 7th largest city in Lithuania. Žagarė is famous for ''Žagarvyšnė'' - a cherry species originated in Žagarė. Etymology Žagarė's name is probably derived from the Lithuanian word ''žagaras,'' meaning "twig". Other renderings of the name include: lv, Žagare, pl, Żagory, yi, זאַגער, translit=Zager. History The foundation of Žagarė dates back to the 12th century. A settlement of the Baltic tribe Semigallians ''Sagera'' was mentioned for the first time in March 1254 in the documents of the partitioning of the Semigallia. In 13th century it was a Semigalian fortress ''Raktuvė'' (or ''Raktė'', first mentioned in 1272-1289 documents). It was an important centre of Semigallian warriors, who fought against the Livonian Brothers of the Sword and the Livonia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teneniai Forest
Teneniai ( Samogitian: ''Tenenē'') is a small town in Šilalė district municipality, Tauragė County, in western Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania .... According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 330 people. References Towns in Lithuania Towns in Tauragė County {{TauragėCounty-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taujėnai Forest
Taujėnai is a town in Ukmergė district municipality, Vilnius County, Eastern Lithuania. According to the Lithuanian census of 2011, the town has a population of 365 people. The town has a Catholic church, which has remained together with manor house, classical architecture palace (XVIII century) and a park. Taujėnai has a high school, library and a post office (ZIP code: 20054). There is also a monument built in 1928 and rebuilt in 1989 in honor of Lithuanian Independence. References Towns in Vilnius County Towns in Lithuania Vilkomirsky Uyezd Ukmergė District Municipality {{VilniusCounty-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Šimonys Forest
Šimonys is a small town in Panevėžys County, in northeastern Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania .... According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 441 people. References External links Virtual Tour of Šimonys Towns in Lithuania Towns in Panevėžys County Trakai Voivodeship Vilkomirsky Uyezd Kupiškis District Municipality {{PanevėžysCounty-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
