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Chernivtsi Oblast Chernivtsi Oblast ( uk, Черніве́цька о́бласть, Chernivetska oblast), also referred to as Chernivechchyna ( uk, Чернівеччина) is an oblast (province) in Western Ukraine, consisting of the northern parts of the regio ...

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

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Chernivtsi Chernivtsi ( uk, Чернівці́}, ; ro, Cernăuți, ; see also other names) is a city in the historical region of Bukovina, which is now divided along the borders of Romania and Ukraine, including this city, which is situated on the upp ...

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Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources (Ukraine) Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine ( uk, Міністерство захисту довкілля та природних ресурсів) is the main authority in the system of central government of Ukraine r ...

Cheremosh National Nature Park ( uk, Черемоський національний природний парк) (also, Cheremoskyi, or Cheremosky Mountain) was created by

in 2009 from a collection of three existing nature reserves in the northeastern section of the

Carpathian Mountains The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians () are a range of mountains forming an arc across Central Europe. Roughly long, it is the third-longest European mountain range after the Urals at and the Scandinavian Mountains at . The range stretches ...

, located in southwestern

. The park highlights the highly varied geology of the northeastern Carpathians, as well as the deep spruce forests of the region. The park is located in

Vyzhnytsia Raion Vyzhnytsia Raion ( uk, Вижницький район) is an administrative raion (district) in the southern part of Chernivtsi Oblast, located in the historical region of Bukovina, in western Ukraine, on the Romanian border. The region has an ar ...

Topography

The park stands in the historical region of

Bukovina Bukovinagerman: Bukowina or ; hu, Bukovina; pl, Bukowina; ro, Bucovina; uk, Буковина, ; see also other languages. is a historical region, variously described as part of either Central or Eastern Europe (or both).Klaus Peter BergerT ...

, a roughly 60 km diameter sector of the

Eastern Carpathians Divisions of the Carpathians are a categorization of the Carpathian mountains system. Below is a detailed overview of the major subdivisions and ranges of the Carpathian Mountains. The Carpathians are a "subsystem" of a bigger Alps-Himalaya Sy ...

that straddled the border of present-day Ukraine and

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

. Cheremosky was originally assembled in 2009 from three existing nature reserves: * Black Dil Nature Reserve, which was originally established in 1972 as a geological reserve, with a close placement of different types of metamorphic shale, grano-diorites, Triassic-Jurassic carbonates, and sedimentary rock. * State Enterprise Putil Forest, covering the upper reaches of the White Cheremosh River, and protecting important geological sites and landforms, *Marmaros Crystalline Massif, a limestone mountain with caves and a mine. The elements of the park occupy elevations from 947 meters to 1574 meters

Climate and ecoregion

The Cheremosky area has a ''

Humid continental climate A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and freezing ...

- warm summer sub-type'' (

Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, notabl ...

Dfb), with large seasonal temperature differentials and a warm summer (at least four or more months averaging over , but no month averaging over ). Precipitation in the general region averages 850 mm/yr, of which about 300 mm/yr falls in the park as snow. The average temperature in January is , and the average temperature in August is . Because the park is at higher elevations, its climate is cooler than the surrounding lowlands. The park is in the ''

Carpathian montane conifer forests The Carpathian montane conifer forests, also known as Carpathian montane forests, is a temperate coniferous forests ecoregion in the Carpathian Mountains of the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Ukraine, and Romania. Geography The ecoregion cove ...

'' ecoregion. This region covers the Carpathians across their entire length, from Poland to the south of Romania, with the Cheremosky National Park approximately in the center.

Flora and fauna

The dominant vegetation is spruce forest, which covers 80% of the park. Interspersed are mountain meadows, lakes and rivers, with the occasional stand of

old-growth forest An old-growth forestalso termed primary forest, virgin forest, late seral forest, primeval forest, or first-growth forestis a forest that has attained great age without significant disturbance, and thereby exhibits unique ecological featur ...

containing fir, pine and deciduous trees at lower altitudes. The park is especially known for it wide variety of mountain wildflowers.

Public use

The park features hiking trails and mountain biking trails. Park rangers provide ecological education and tours to local school children and to interested visitors.

References

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