{"id":1110,"date":"2022-05-16T12:31:19","date_gmt":"2022-05-16T12:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.augustow-canal.info\/?page_id=1110"},"modified":"2022-05-23T11:56:11","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T11:56:11","slug":"natura-eng","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.augustow-canal.info\/?page_id=1110&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"NATURE"},"content":{"rendered":"
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NATURE<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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An important element of the landscape of the Augustow Canal Zone are natural values. The dominant element of the canal landscape to the east of the city of Augustow is the Augustow Primeval Forest, which, together with other forests of the Polish-Lithuanian-Belarusian borderland, forms one of the largest dense forest complexes in Europe, the area of \u200b\u200bwhich is over 310 thousand hectares.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The forest clearings are occupied by rural enclaves and forest settlements. The natural environment is dominated by forests, lakes, and sometimes also wet meadows and peat bogs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is a region with the lowest air and water pollution in this part of Europe. The wealth of forests and green areas encouraged the Polish authorities to establish the Green Lungs of Poland here, the area of \u200b\u200bwhich extends far beyond the Augustow Primeval Forest itself. The Augustow Primeval Forest and lakes together with the Rospuda Valley constitute protected landscape areas, they are also included in the Natura 2000 area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Polish zone of the canal is covered on both sides by national parks – Wigierski National Park located to the north of the canal and Biebrza National Park to the south.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Biebrza National Park with its buffer zone covers almost the entire Biebrza valley. It is the largest natural complex of low bogs in Central and Western Europe, with a small share of transitional and raised bogs, with a unique diversity of plant and animal species and natural ecosystems. The southern part of the canal, together with the buffer zone, is within the Biebrza National Park. The Czarna Hancza River connects the Wigry National Park (the main lake of the park – Wigry) with the Augustow Canal. In the immediate vicinity of the Augustow Canal, in the buffer zone, there are seven nature reserves: Perkuc, Stara Ruda, Lake Kalejty, \u200b\u200bLake Kolno, Starozyn, Maly Borek and Brzozowy Grad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Belarusian part, the canal zone is also an extremely valuable ecosystem with natural features. This forest area is an extension of the Augustow Primeval Forest to the line of the Neman. Further, between the Neman River and the Kotra River, there is the Grodno Primeval Forest, which covers forty thousand hectares. The above-mentioned natural areas are managed by: the Republican Landscape Reserve „Grodno Forest”, the Republican Landscape Reserve ” Lakes\/Oziery”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Republican Landscape Reserve „Grodno Forest” was established by combining various protected areas on both banks of the Neman River. The total area of \u200b\u200bthe reserve is over 20 thousand. ha. The reserve is an integral part of several major cross-border ecological forests and water corridors in the extreme north-western part of the Grodno Oblast and the adjacent territories of the Republic of Poland and the Republic of Lithuania. It is located at the crossroads of animal and plant migration routes. This conservation area is an important link in the creation of gene pool migration routes and fits well with the national and international environmental network. The forest covers over 90% of the reserve’s territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Republican Landscape Reserve „Lakes\/Oziery” was established in order to preserve in its natural state valuable ecological systems of forests and lakes as well as unique natural and landscape complexes with the participation of wild plants and wild animals belonging to the species listed in the Red Book of Belarus. The area of \u200b\u200bthe reserve is about 24 thousand. ha. There is a unique system of glacial forest lakes in the reserve: Beloje (\u0411\u0435\u043b\u043e\u0435), Zackawa (\u0417\u0430\u0446\u043a\u043e\u0432\u043e), Ant (\u0410\u043d\u0442\u043e\u0437\u0435\u0440\u043e), Bersztynskoye (\u0411\u0435\u0440\u0448\u0442\u043e\u0432\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0435), Dolgoye (\u0414\u043e\u043b\u0433\u043e\u0435). Among them is the largest lake in the Grodno Region – Beloje Lake, with an area of \u200b\u200b5.3 km2. The lake beds form a chain within the limits of the ancient tectonic fault of the earth’s crust and are a natural monument of the Ice Age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scots pine is currently the main forest-forming species of the Augustow Primeval Forest, it covers over 75% of the forest area. Norway spruce prevails in forests in the area of \u200b\u200bnearly 8%, and stands with dominant black alder and birch cover 7.4% and 6.3% of the Augustow Primeval Forest, respectively. A very valuable tourist feature of the Augustow Primeval Forest is the fact that pine forests are light forests. The sun reaches, through the feathery crowns of towering pines, to the undergrowth in the forest. Such a beautiful forest is an amazing place for forest walks and bicycle rallies in summer, as well as for cross-country skiing in winter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over two thousand species of animals have been found in the Augustow Primeval Forest. The world of insects is the most numerous and abundant in species. The world of vertebrates is also rich. About 30 species of fish, 12 species of amphibians, 5 species of reptiles, about 230 species of birds and over 40 species of mammals have been found here. Due to the enormous importance for the birds nesting here, the Augustow Primeval Forest was recognized as a bird refuge of European rank on the basis of the European Union Birds Directive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the mammals, the European beaver is the most characteristic; The otter is also numerous. A dozen or so lynx live in the entire area of \u200b\u200bthe borderland forests. The wolf population in this area amounts to several dozen individuals. There are good conditions here for deer, including roe deer and red deer. Elk are numerous in the Biebrza marshes and in the forest itself. A dozen or so bison live in its southern part.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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<\/path><\/svg><\/span>JANUARY<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/path><\/svg><\/span>MUSICAL FINAL OF THE GREAT ORCHESTRA OF CHRISTMAS HELP<\/span><\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n

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<\/path><\/svg><\/span>FEBRUARY<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/path><\/svg><\/span>DKF KINOCH\u0141ON (FILM CLUB)<\/span><\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n

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<\/path><\/svg><\/span>MARCH<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/path><\/svg><\/span>MARCH ALONG THE BYSTRY CANAL – AUGUST’OW MARCH FOR THE SENIORS<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/path><\/svg><\/span>DKF KINOCH\u0141ON (FILM CLUB)<\/span><\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n

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<\/path><\/svg><\/span>APRIL<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/path><\/svg><\/span>EASTER CAKES \u2013 HANDCRAFTS FAIR<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/path><\/svg><\/span>OPENING OF THE SAILING SEASON WITH A PARADE OF BOATS<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/path><\/svg><\/span>EASTER EGG FESTIVAL<\/span><\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n

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<\/path><\/svg><\/span>MAY<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/path><\/svg><\/span>AUGUST\u00d3W CANAL INVITES FRIENDS<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/path><\/svg><\/span>AUGUSTOW DAYS<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/path><\/svg><\/span>ALONG THE AUGUSTOW CANAL<\/span><\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n

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<\/path><\/svg><\/span>JUNE<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/path><\/svg><\/span>„AUGUSTOW FRESH” FESTIVAL<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/path><\/svg><\/span>MIDSUMMER (ST. JOHN’S) NIGHT ON THE NETTA RIVER<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/path><\/svg><\/span>\u201cSILVER HOZA KEYS” FESTIVAL<\/span><\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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<\/path><\/svg><\/span>JULY<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/path><\/svg><\/span>KUPALA FESTIVAL<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/path><\/svg><\/span>AUGUSTYNKI<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/path><\/svg><\/span>\u201eLOTTO NETTA CUP\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/path><\/svg><\/span>\u201eNECKO ENDURANCE\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/path><\/svg><\/span>\u201eWHAT FLOATS, WON\u2019T SINK”<\/span><\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n

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<\/path><\/svg><\/span>AUGUST<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/path><\/svg><\/span>„STRAW FESTIVAL\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/path><\/svg><\/span>WHAT FLOATS, WON\u2019T SINK”<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/path><\/svg><\/span>FEAST OF THE SEA<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/path><\/svg><\/span>FEAST OF ZIELNA<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/path><\/svg><\/span>THE AUGUSTOW CANAL IN THE CULTURE OF THREE NATIONS<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/path><\/svg><\/span>AGRO ECO TOURIST FAIR – POLAND TASTES<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/path><\/svg><\/span>\u201eSINGING AND ENTERTAINMENT AUGUSTOW CANAL<\/span><\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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<\/path><\/svg><\/span>SEPTEMBER<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/path><\/svg><\/span>CAMERATA AUGUSTOVIANA<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/path><\/svg><\/span>THE FEAST OF BREAD<\/span><\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n

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<\/path><\/svg><\/span>PA\u0179DZIERNIK<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/path><\/svg><\/span>LISTOPAD<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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NATURE An important element of the landscape of the Augustow Canal Zone are natural values. The dominant element of the canal landscape to the east of the city of Augustow is the Augustow Primeval Forest, which, together with other forests of the Polish-Lithuanian-Belarusian borderland, forms one of the largest dense forest complexes in Europe, the … Dowiedz si\u0119 wi\u0119cej<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1110","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augustow-canal.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augustow-canal.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augustow-canal.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augustow-canal.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augustow-canal.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1110"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.augustow-canal.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1506,"href":"https:\/\/www.augustow-canal.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1110\/revisions\/1506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augustow-canal.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}