Labanoras Regional Park, established in 1992, is located 80 kilometers northeast of

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 ...

's capital, Vilnius. Covering 553.18 km², it is the largest regional park in the country.Labanoro Regioninis Parkas in Lithuania
'' Protected Planet'' Its administration is in the small town of

Labanoras Labanoras �aba'noːras pl, Łabonary, is a small town within the Labanoras Regional Park in Lithuania. It is situated on and is surrounded by the Labanoras Regional Park, the largest regional park in Lithuania. As a center of the Labanoras P ...

Nature

The park contains about 70 lakes; about 80% of its land is forested. Its floral biodiversity is high, and it is home to the densest population of nesting white stork couples in Europe. It also contains areas with archeological, architectural, ethnographic, and historic value. It is the largest

regional park, distinguished by a variety of landscapes, extremely rich flora and fauna. The largest part of the park is occupied by forests (80%), mostly pine forests. with abundant wetlands and lakes is characterized by an abundance of protected species. Lakes occupy 14 percent. park areas. Spectacular and White Lakajai, , and other lakes in Molėtai Lake District, 15.8 km long lake. , one of the most beautiful and exotic rivers, was loved not only by water birds but also by water tourists. There are 285 lakes in Labanoras Regional Park - the largest of all Lithuanian regional parks. Largest: , White Lakajai, . About 30 streams flow through the park. These are , , , . In addition to these water bodies, the park protects

swamp A swamp is a forested wetland.Keddy, P.A. 2010. Wetland Ecology: Principles and Conservation (2nd edition). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. 497 p. Swamps are considered to be transition zones because both land and water play a role in ...

ecosystems, valuable calcareous marshes. A whole complex of high marshes and lakeside low marshes is protected - Kanija raistas and many larger and smaller wetlands. In the Girutiškis Nature Reserve here, the Beržalotas upland swamp shines with the mirrors of the lakes. Pine forests make up 81 percent. of all the forests in the park. Along with abundant lakes, swamps, hilly and undulating terrain, they are very picturesque. The distant surroundings of

Aukštaitija National Park __NOTOC__ Aukštaitija National Park is a national park in north-eastern Lithuania, about 100 km north of Vilnius. Established in 1974, it is the oldest of the five national parks in Lithuania. At first it was named Lithuanian SSR National ...

can be seen from the observation tower of the

Lithuanian Museum of Ethnocosmology The Lithuanian Museum of Ethnocosmology ( lt, Lietuvos etnokosmologijos muziejus) is a sky observatory and ethnocosmology museum in Kulionys village located about north of Vilnius, Lithuania. It is the first museum of such kind in the world.

. The park is a famous breeding ground for

elk The elk (''Cervus canadensis''), also known as the wapiti, is one of the largest species within the deer family, Cervidae, and one of the largest terrestrial mammals in its native range of North America and Central and East Asia. The common ...

s, wolves and

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es.

References

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