A typical landscape in Vyzhnytsia National Nature Park
Vyzhnytsia National Nature Park is located in Vyzhnytsia District of Chernivtsi Oblast. In its today’s form, the Park was established in 1995, although the history of its creation dates back to late 1940s. The Park stretches over the interfluve area between the Cheremosh and the Siret rivers. The area now totals 11238 hectares.
The Park's key purposes are the protection of the Carpathian biological diversity, regeneration and rational use of the area's natural resources. Therefore, its territory is broken into the following functional zones:
- protected zone – 2087.2 hectares
- regulated recreation zone – 4853.3 hectares
- permanent recreation zone – 21.8 hectares
- commercial zone – 4275.7 hectares
According to recent researches, the Tracheophyt flora in the Park's territory includes 621 species. Its plants belong to 91 families. The fauna includes 3000 species, 217 of which are vertebrates (84.8% from their total quantity in the Carpathians). Many flora and fauna species living in the Park are included in the Red Book of Ukraine and international lists of animals subject to protection.
Photos courtesy of http://www.npp.cv.ua/turism.php
The spring in the Park
The Smuhariv river
Fir-trees in the winter
A forester's hut
Park's winter panorama
Rock formations
Park's mountains in the winter, partly clouded
Standing on the skies
Polonyna, a steep meadow
Park's coniferous forest covered with snow
Waterfalls on the Vyzhenka river
A forester's hut in the winter
So looks the core of the Carpathians
Vyzhnytsia National Nature Park on Google Maps