Sochi National Park description and photos - Russia - Caucasus: Krasnaya Polyana (Topic)

Sochi National Park description and photos - Russia - Caucasus: Krasnaya Polyana. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photos and a map showing the nearest significant objects.

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Sochi National Park is one of the very first parks that were created in the country. The park is located in the northwest of the Greater Caucasus. It was established in 1983 with the aim of restoring and preserving natural complexes and objects of high scientific, recreational and ecological value. The total area of the park is about 194 thousand hectares.

A total of 40 streams and rivers flow on the territory of the Sochi National Park, the longest of them are Psou, Shakhe, Mzymta. There are many waterfalls and canyons on streams and rivers. There are also interesting karst formations in the park - the famous Akhunsky and Vorontsovsky caves.

The national park has widespread forests with a predominance of eastern beech, its silvery-gray trunks reach a height of 50 m. About a quarter of the forested area is occupied by oak stands, they are found mainly on the warm and dry southern slopes of the mountains. Only in the Caucasus, in natural conditions, grows the sowing chestnut (European), which is a relict species. Boxwood plantations look very picturesque. Moss gives the forest an unusually fantastic look of a real green kingdom.

The fauna of the Sochi National Park numbers more than 70 species of animals, including brown bear, lynx, deer, European and Caucasian roe deer, otter, marten and many others. Valuable and rare species of animals and plants are included in the International Red Book.

A large number of tourist routes pass through the park, some of them have a long and interesting history. They include a visit to the Orekhovsky and Agursky waterfalls, Vorontsovsky caves, Mount Akhun, Khostinsky and Akhshtyrsky canyons and many others.

The Sochi National Park is a wonderful place for ecotourism, and all this is due to the country's unique climatic conditions, landscape and biological diversity, uniqueness of natural objects.

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