Biogradska Gora National Park description and photos - Montenegro: Kolasin (Topic)

Biogradska Gora National Park description and photos - Montenegro: Kolasin. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The name in English is Biogradska Gora National Park.

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Biogradska Gora is a unique nature reserve in Montenegro, which is still called the Prince's Reserve. This is due to the fact that in 1878, Prince Nikola Petrovich appreciated the uniqueness and beauty of this place, ordering to protect it. The territory was donated to him after Kolasin was liberated from the Turks. In 1952, Biogradska Gora received the status of a national park.

The reserve is located in the northeast of Kolashin, between the deep-water rivers Tara and Lim, in the center of the mountain range. Its total area is 54 square meters, including 1600 hectares of virgin forest, six glacial lakes, as well as mountain peaks and slopes. The highest point is the famous Crna Glava mountain, at 2139 meters.

The primeval forest grows at various heights above sea level (850-1800 m). To date, scientists have identified 86 species of trees growing in the reserve. Some species are more than a thousand years old and up to one and a half meters wide in girth. Among the hardwoods in the park, there are beeches, maples, and lindens. Conifers are represented by juniper, fir and mountain pine. Elms and yews can also be found.

The flora and fauna of the Biogradska mountain amazes with its diversity: more than 2000 thousand species of animals, as well as more than 200 species of birds. Among others, the reserve is home to various insects, amphibians, reptiles and fish.

Among the wide meadows of the reserve are scattered katuns - these are pastures with small shepherd huts and paddocks specially for livestock. Besides, there you can also see other traditional buildings, such as water mills, log huts, and special mountain huts called "savardaki".

As for the water bodies, the largest in the park is Lake Biogradskoe, which is located at an altitude of 1094 meters above sea level. In depth, this glacial lake reaches 12.1 meters.

The Tara River and Lake Biograd are home to a huge number of different fish species, including: minnow, brown trout, Arctic char, Danube salmon and European grayling.

Another lake, which is the largest follows Biogradskoe - this is Pesitsa Lake. In addition, it is worth seeing other lakes of the reserve: Small and Big Ursulovatsky, Small and Big Siskie.

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