Welcome to the Hetmanski National Natural Park
General information:
Administrative-territorial location: Hetmanskyi National Natural Park is situated in the southeastern part of the Sumy region, on the territory of the Okhtyrka district. The park was created in the valley of the Vorskla River. It begins at the border with the Russian Federation and, along the Vorskla River, extends to the border with Poltava region, ending below the village Kuzemyn of Okhtyrka region.
The park includes areas of flood plain, river itself, sometimes terraces above the flood plain and the right basic river bank. The total length of the Vorskla River within the Sumy Oblast is 122 km, and the length of the Park is the same.The geographical coordinates of centroid No. 1 are the Klymentove village: north latitude 50°23'10''; east longitude 34°55'34''.
Area: The total area of the park is 23360, 1 hectares, including 11673, 2 hectares of lands, which are provided for the constant use.
Subordination: Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine.
Uniqueness of Hetmanskyi National Park is in its various typical landscapes of the Left-bank forest steppe - from lowland floodplains, peat moss bogs to the relic indigenous forests. Hetmanskyi National Natural Park is created on the basis of three hydrological nature reserves of a nation importance (Bakyrivskyi, Klymentivskyi, Hukhryanskyi) which are located in the floodplain of the Vorskla River. Hetmanskyi National Natural Park is created on the basis of three hydrological nature reserves of a nation importance (Bakyrivskyi, Klymentivskyi, Hukhryanskyi) which are located in the floodplain of the Vorskla River. It is one of the purest and most beautiful rivers in Ukraine. Generally, there are 12 protected areas in the Vorskla River valley.
The main purpose of Hetmanski National Natural Park is a conservation, a reproduction and rational use of typical and unique complexes of the Left-bank forest steppe.
Park is an environmental, recreational, cultural and educational, research institution. The purpose of scientific researches is to study natural systems and their changes under the conditions of recreational use and development of scientific recommendations about the questions of sustainable use of natural resources. The creation of conditions for the organized tourism, rest and other types of recreational activity in natural conditions.
The history of creation: Hetmanski National Natural Park was created on the 27th of april 2009, with the purpose of conservation, reproduction and rational use of typical and unique complexes of the Left-bank forest steppe, which have important environmental, scientific, aesthetic, recreational and health-improving value. The creation of the park lasted nearly 10 years. Natural complexes of the park were quite significantly presented in natural and reserved fund of Ukraine earlier. The park consists of such hydrological reserves of national importance as "Huhryanskyy" (year of the announcement is 1980), "Bakyrivskyy" (year of the announcement is 1977), "Klymentivskyy" ( year of the announcement is 1998) with a total area of about 9.5 hectares and the reserve of local importance "Yamnyy." There are 12 reserved areas in the valley of the Vorskla River. The largest is "The Lithuanian forest", is directly adjacent to its bed. This is a unique relict pine forest, where you can find trees over 300 years old.
Natural features: The territory of Hetmanski National Natural Park first of all is a charming and silent Vorskla River and its flood plain, untouched bogs and meadows, the pine and oak forests. The Vorskla River is one of the largest left tributaries of the river Dnieper (now flows into the Kamianske reservoir) originates near the village Pokrovka of Ivnyansk region of Belgorod Oblast of the Russian Federation. The total length of the river is 464 km. The general direction of the valley of the Vorskla River is from the northeast to the southwest, but on its way it considerably deviates the specified direction. The bed of the Vorskla River is very twisting in the upper and middle current, its width is 12-50 m, it becomes straight in the lower current, and its width reaches to 100-150 m. The average depth is 2-4 m (maximum - 10-12 m), but shallow areas are often found in the upper and middle reaches. The bottom is sandy, in floods is muddy. Because of a low level drop, flow velocity does not exceed 0.1 m / s, only on the shallows it increases to 1.5 m / s. The right side of the river is a high wavy plateau, which is separated by deep gullies, ravines and river valleys. Gradually, the territory raises with distance from the river from south to north, reaching the maximum point of 215 m above sea level. On the left side of the Vorskla River, the area is pretty quiet and has flat nature. More than 50 % of the area of national park occupies the lands covered with forest vegetation, more than 20% - meadows, 22% - swamps, less than 5% - reservoirs. The climate of the region is moderate and continental.
In spite of high degree of anthropogenous impact, there was saved the diversity of picturesque landscapes of the Left-bank forest steppe in the basin of Vorskla River - from lowland floodplains, peat moss bogs to the relict indigenous forests which are characterized by a rich resource potential, flora and fauna genofond, historical and cultural memorials which are needed the urgent protection and ecologically grounded sustainable use.
Flora and fauna of Hetmanski National Natural Park is quite varied and counts over 1013 plant species and 2580 animal species, many of them are listed in the Red Book of Ukraine (gray crane (a symbol of the Park) (Grus grus), river otter (Lutra lutra) , ermine (Mustela erminea), Ukrainian lamprey (Eudontomyzon mariae), moss bumblebee (Bombus muscorum), stag beetle (Lucanus cervus cervus), swallowtail (Papilio machaon), thin daddy long legs (Gladiolus tenuis), butterfly orchid (Platanthera / Orchis bifolia ) palchatokorinnyk May (Dactylorhiza majalis) and others). Flora of Hetmanski National Natural Park is presented by 5 types: forest, shrub, meadow, marsh and water. One of the main reasons of fauna wealth is a physical and geographical location of National Natural Park , its large area and variety of biotopes, first of all meadow, water and marsh and forest. In general, forest steppe types are dominated in fauna. Besides them, there live some taiga species, you can meet forms of southern origin and western species. Fauna of Hetmanski National Natural Park is quite diverse, due to various natural and territorial complexes. Analysis of its fauna showed that it differs significantly by its species diversity, presence of relict, rare and endangered species. Elk, wild boar, roe, badger, wolf, fox and others are found in the forests. Birds are represented by such species as nightingales, zoryanka, woodpeckers, cuckoos, owls, orioles, hawks and others.
Hetmanskyi National Natural Park
53-B, Voznesenska street, Trostyanets, Sumy Region,
Ukraine, 42600
phone/fax: +38 (05458) 6-66-56
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