Lower Polissia National Park ( ua, Національний природний парк «Мале Полісся») is a

National Park A national park is a nature park, natural park in use for conservation (ethic), conservation purposes, created and protected by national governments. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state dec ...

in Khmelnytsky region,

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 ...

, created in 2013. The park is a section of

Polissia Polesia, Polesie, or Polesye, uk, Полісся (Polissia), pl, Polesie, russian: Полесье (Polesye) is a natural and historical region that starts from the farthest edge of Central Europe and encompasses Eastern Europe, including East ...

region and includes several lakes and wetland areas as well as parts of river valleys Gorin, Vilia, Gnylyi Rih.

Flora and fauna

The Lower Polissia is a haven for birds - there are 186 species of them, including those unique for the area. Mammals are represented by around 33 species, among them 4 species of European Red List (Alburnoides bipunctatus,

Crucian carp The crucian carp (''Carassius carassius'') is a medium-sized member of the common carp family Cyprinidae. It occurs widely in northern European regions. Its name derives from the Low German ''karusse'' or ''karutze'', possibly from Medieval Lat ...

white-tailed eagle The white-tailed eagle (''Haliaeetus albicilla'') is a very large species of sea eagle widely distributed across temperate Palearctic, Eurasia. Like all eagles, it is a member of the family Accipitridae (or accipitrids) which includes other diur ...

black kite The black kite (''Milvus migrans'') is a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors. It is thought to be the world's most abundant species of Accipitridae, although some populations have ...

) and 101 species of Annex 2 of the Berne Convention, 11 species listed in the

Red Book of Ukraine The ''Red Data Book of Ukraine'', or literally the ''Red Book of Ukraine'' ( uk, Червона книга України, Chervona knyha Ukrayiny), is an official national red list of the threatened animals, plants and fungi that are protected by t ...

, including:

badger Badgers are short-legged omnivores in the family Mustelidae (which also includes the otters, wolverines, martens, minks, polecats, weasels, and ferrets). Badgers are a polyphyletic rather than a natural taxonomic grouping, being united b ...

, gray crane, river otter. The Park’s waters feature 18 species of fish, as well as amphibians.

References

External links

Указ Президента України № 420/2013 "Про створення національного природного парку «Мале Полісся»

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140803073903/http://travel.volyn.ua/uk/news/na-teritoriyi-istorichnoyi-volini-stvoreno-noviy-nacionalny-park На території історичної Волині створено новий національний парк]
«МАЛЕ ПОЛІССЯ» — ЦЕ УНІКАЛЬНА ПРИРОДА
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