List of Nature Reserves of Ukraine

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Nature Reserves of Ukraine are protected areas of Ukraine, nature conservation and science researching institutions of state importance that are part of the Nature-Preservation Fund of Ukraine.

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NamePhotoLocationWebsiteAreaYearDescription
Gorgany Meditatsiia leva ).jpg Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
48°27′09″N24°14′00″E / 48.45250°N 24.23333°E / 48.45250; 24.23333 (Gorgany)
Reserve:
5,344 ha (20.6 sq mi)1996Covers a part of the Gorgany mountain range of the Outer Eastern Carpatians in southwest Ukraine. The reserve is 46% old-growth forest, one of the last and largest such stands in Europe. [1]
Dniprovsko-Orilskyi Vid na akvatoriiu zaplavnogo ozera Gorbove.jpg Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
48°30′43″N34°47′4″E / 48.51194°N 34.78444°E / 48.51194; 34.78444
Reserve:
No URL		3,766 ha (14.5 sq mi)1990Located in the center of the country in the valley of the Dnieper River, the reserve protects two river terraces, the first a strip 2 km wide along the left bank of the Dnieper, and the second a higher inland terrance. It also covers a floodplain of the Oril River. 30% of the reserve is water (some of which was backed up during construction of the Dnieper Hydroelectric Station), and 89% of the floodplain land is forest, mostly oak.
Drevlyans Tuman na rozlivi r. Uzh.JPG Zhytomyr Oblast
51°12′10″N29°4′53″E / 51.20278°N 29.08139°E / 51.20278; 29.08139
Reserve:
66,816 ha (258.0 sq mi)2009follows along the Uzh River in the Polesia region of north-central Ukraine. Created to protect representative forests and wetlands of the Polesia region, the area experienced contamination from the Chernobyl disaster. The site is 80 km due west of Chernobyl. [2]
Yelanets Steppe Kovila na vitru.jpg Mykolaiv Oblast
47°38′05″N31°54′30″E / 47.63472°N 31.90833°E / 47.63472; 31.90833
Reserve:
1,675.7 ha (6.5 sq mi)1996Covers a section of the largest virgin steppe tract in the Northern Black Sea Coast area. It is the only steppe reserve in Right-bank Ukraine (the area on the west side of the Dnieper River). [3]
Kaniv Vid na r.Dnipro v napriamku s.Pekari.jpg Cherkasy Oblast
49°44′40″N31°27′21″E / 49.74444°N 31.45583°E / 49.74444; 31.45583
Reserve:
2,027 ha (7.8 sq mi)1923Covers a portion of the right bank of the Dnieper River, and two floodplain islands in the river itself. The reserve is in the center of Ukraine, along the northeast edge of the Dnieper Upland. It was created to protect valuable forest-steppe and floodplain habitat. The site is known for an abundance of archaeological sites left by cultures back to the Paleolithic. [4]
Karadag Karadag 5.jpg Crimea
44°56′09″N35°13′59″E / 44.93583°N 35.23306°E / 44.93583; 35.23306
Reserve:
2,874 ha (11.1 sq mi)1979Covers a portion of the southeast coast of the Crimean peninsula. Encompassing mountains, forest-steppe, shoreline and marine areas, Karadag is an area of high biodiversity and the subject of much scientific study throughout the past 100 years. It supports a high number of Crimea's endemic species, and important bird colonies. [5]
Kazantypskyi Kazantip 14.jpg Crimea
45°27′42″N35°50′36″E / 45.4616°N 35.8434°E / 45.4616; 35.8434
Reserve:
None		4,500 ha (17.4 sq mi)1998Includes both territory of Cape Kazantyp and coast-aquatic-complex, on the Kerch Peninsula. [6]
Crimean Chervonii zakhid sontsia u Krims'komu prirodnomu zapovidniku.jpg Crimea
44°40′00″N34°21′00″E / 44.66667°N 34.35000°E / 44.66667; 34.35000
Reserve:
http://zapovednik-crimea.udprf-crimea.com/ 		44,175 ha (170.6 sq mi)1991Located on a portion of the Crimean Mountains, on the south coast of the Crimean Peninsula. It is the largest and oldest nature reserve in Ukraine [7]
Swan Islands Notitle - panoramio (326).jpg Crimea
45°52′30″N33°32′30″E / 45.87500°N 33.54167°E / 45.87500; 33.54167
Reserve:
9,612 ha (37.1 sq mi)1949The Swan Islands Reserve protects a series of islands off the northwest coast of the Crimean Peninsula that this an important resting place for migratory birds in the summer and fall, and a nesting place in winter. It is a sub-unit of the Crimean Nature Reserve. [8]
Luhansk 2010-07-30-kalaus-steppe 088.jpg Luhansk Oblast
48°45′06″N39°22′32″E / 48.75167°N 39.37556°E / 48.75167; 39.37556
Reserve:
None		8,000 ha (30.9 sq mi)1968Luhansk Nature Reserve is an administrative collection of four individual national nature reserves of Ukraine. Located in Luhansk Oblast, the easternmost province of Ukraine, the Luhansk reserves were affected by hostilities in the area in 2014. Originally established as a strict reserve for conservation and scientific study, public access is prohibited. The four components each exhibit a different aspect of the steppe ecology of eastern Ukraine.
Stanichno-Luhansk Stanichno-Lugans'kii.jpg Luhansk Oblast
48°45′25″N39°21′30″E / 48.75694°N 39.35833°E / 48.75694; 39.35833
Reserve:
498 ha (1.9 sq mi)1968Covers a portion of the left bank of the Donets River floodplain. The reserve is about 30 km north of Luhansk, near the town of Stanytsia Luhanska. [9]
Provallya Steppe Vesna u Provalli.jpg Luhansk Oblast
48°09′01″N39°51′29″E / 48.15028°N 39.85806°E / 48.15028; 39.85806
Reserve:
588 ha (2.3 sq mi)1975Covers two tracts of representative steppe on the eastern Ukrainian border with Russia. As of 2014, the reserve was no longer under the control of the Ukraine government. [10]
Striltsevsky Steppe Lugans'kii prirodnii zapovidnik.jpg Luhansk Oblast
49°17′59″N40°5′46″E / 49.29972°N 40.09611°E / 49.29972; 40.09611
Reserve:
1,037 ha (4.0 sq mi)1948Covers representative steppe habitat in eastern Ukraine. The site has been a nature reserve since 1931, providing scientists with a long history of study of steppe ecological processes. It is known for its population of European Marmot. [11]
Medobory Medobory zap.jpg Ternopil Oblast
49°12′00″N26°10′00″E / 49.20000°N 26.16667°E / 49.20000; 26.16667
Reserve:
10,521 ha (40.6 sq mi)1990Located in the Podolian Upland in the western part of the country. It protects a representative portion of the "Tovtry" region, known for rocky limestone ridges. [12]
Cape Martyan Mis Mart'ian.jpg Crimea
44°30′25″N34°15′03″E / 44.5068713°N 34.2508710°E / 44.5068713; 34.2508710
Reserve:
None		240 ha (0.9 sq mi)1973The reserve was created to save naturally valuable systems of Cape Martyan in natural state, to protect and to preserve rare species of flora and fauna, and to conduct scientific research.
Michael's Virgin Land Mikhailivs'ka tsilina prekrasna v bud'-iaku poru roku.jpg Sumy Oblast
50°55′N34°45′E / 50.917°N 34.750°E / 50.917; 34.750
Reserve:
None		883 ha (3.4 sq mi)2009Covers meadow-steppe and forest-steppe in the northeast of Ukraine near the border with Russia. It exhibits plants found in both northern and southern steppes. First created as a reserve in 1928, it was expanded over the years and formally upgraded to a national reserve in 2009. [13]
Opuksky Mys Opuk v tsvetushchem aprel'skom raznotrav'e.jpg Crimea
45°01′50″N36°11′10″E / 45.03056°N 36.18611°E / 45.03056; 36.18611
Reserve:
1,592 ha (6.1 sq mi)1998Located on the southern coast of the Kerch Peninsula on the Black Sea. It is centered on a limestone massif (Mount Opuk) rising from the kerch plains, and a salt lake (Lake Koyashske). The site is a Ramsar Wetland of International Importance. [14]
Polissya R. Zholobnitsia.jpg Zhytomyr Oblast
51°32′05″N28°06′20″E / 51.53472°N 28.10556°E / 51.53472; 28.10556
Reserve:
20,104 ha (77.6 sq mi)1968Dedicated to the conservation and scientific study of representative woodland marshes of the Pinsk Marshes in the Polissya region. [15]
Rivne Bolotnii masiv Perebrodi, nizinne osokove boloto.JPG Rivne Oblast
51°23′40″N26°50′50″E / 51.3944°N 26.8472°E / 51.3944; 26.8472
Reserve:
42,289 ha (163.3 sq mi)2003This is the largest area Ukraine has taken under protection, and the best preserved area of bog massifs. The reserve was created to preserve the natural state of typical and unique natural complexes of the Ukraine Polissya. As a result of Ukraine's geographical position, the reserve belongs to the Volyn Polissya zone of mixed forests.
Cheremske Cherem1.jpg Volyn Oblast
51°22′25″N25°28′40″E / 51.37361°N 25.47778°E / 51.37361; 25.47778
Reserve:
None		2,976 ha (11.5 sq mi)2001Covers forest and wetlands of the Western Polesia region, in the northwest of the country. The area is one of high biodiversity because of the varied habitat in transitional ecological zones. [16]
Ukrainian Steppe Khomutovskaia 01.jpg Donetsk Oblast
47°06′N38°00′E / 47.100°N 38.000°E / 47.100; 38.000
Reserve:
2,768 ha (10.7 sq mi)1961Protects a collection of primitive steppe tracts in Donetsk Oblast region of the Ukrainian southeast. Each tract is a different sub-type of Ukrainian steppe. [17]
Chalk Flora Panorama na Kreidovu floru, lisova chastina zapovidnika.jpg Donetsk Oblast
48°52′23″N37°53′09″E / 48.87306°N 37.88583°E / 48.87306; 37.88583
Reserve:
1,134 ha (4.4 sq mi)1988Lies on open chalk slopes of the riverine hills along the Donets River. The ridge is about 50–70 meters above the surrounding territory, and steep - up to 70 degrees. [18]
Yalta Mountain-Forest Jalt1.jpg Crimea
44°27′29″N34°05′24″E / 44.45806°N 34.09000°E / 44.45806; 34.09000
Reserve:
14,523 ha (56.1 sq mi)1973Covers the southwestern ranges of the Crimean Mountains, along the south coast of the Crimean Peninsula. [19]

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National nature parks of Ukraine are preservation territories that are part of the Nature-Preservation Fund of Ukraine. The total area protected by national parks is approximately 1,111,600 hectares (11,116 km2), for an average of 22,685 hectares (226.85 km2) but a median of only 14,836 hectares (148.36 km2) at Zalissya. The largest national park is Upper Pobozhia in Khmelnytskyi Oblast: at over 100,000 hectares (1,000 km2). The smallest park is Derman-Ostroh National Nature Park, at less than 5,500 hectares (55 km2).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Holosiivskyi National Nature Park</span> National park in Ukraine

The Holosiivskyi National Nature Park Ukrainian: Націона́льний приро́дний парк «Голосі́ївський» is a protected remnant of forest surrounded by the urban area of the city of Kyiv, Ukraine. It is located on the Kyiv hills, in the Dniester-Dnieper forest-steppe province, North-Dnieper lowland and steppe zone of Left-Bank Dnieper province, in Holosiivskyi District. Its total area is 4525.52 hectares, of which 1879.43 hectares are in permanent use. It is managed by the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">East European forest steppe</span>

The East European forest steppe ecoregion is a patchwork of broadleaf forest stands and grasslands (steppe) that stretches 2,100 km across eastern Europe from the Ural Mountains in Ural, through Povolzhye, Central Russia to the middle of Ukraine.There are also isolated areas of similar character off the western end in eastern Romania, Moldova, and Bulgaria. The region forms a transition zone between the temperate forests to the north, and the steppe to the south. The forest-steppe is an area of Russia in which precipitation and evaporation are approximately equal. The ecoregion is in the Palearctic realm, with a Humid Continental climate. According to one definition of its boundaries, it covers 727,269 km2 (280,800 sq mi).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Northern Podillia National Nature Park</span> National park in Ukraine

Northern Podillia National Nature Park covers a variety of individual protected sites in the northwest Podolian Upland of Ukraine. The park provides protection to, and recreation in, representative ecological and cultural sites of the area, including Hornbean-Beech forested uplands, swamp-marsh floodplains, geologically significant karst features, and historical sites that include three castles and a number of WW1 and WW2 sites. The park is in Zolochiv Raion in Lviv Oblast

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Homilsha Woods National Nature Park</span> National park in Ukraine

Homilsha Woods National Nature Park is a national park of Ukraine that covers established forests in the Donets River valley. The site has been a protected area for a very long time, beginning with Peter the Great designating local territory as a 'protected ship grove' for wood to build ships. The site also has high ecological value as forest-steppe land. Administratively, the park is in the Chuhuiv Raion of Kharkiv Oblast, about 50 km south of the regional city of Kharkiv.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lower Sula National Nature Park</span> National park in Ukraine

Lower Sula National Nature Park is a national park of Ukraine that covers the lower reaches of the Sula River as it enters the Kremenchuk Reservoir, 120 km southeast of Kyiv. The extensive marshes, swamps, and other wetlands of the area are important habitats for fish, waterfowl, and floodplain plants. The park is administratively in the Hlobyne, Orzhytsia, and Semenivka raions of Poltava Oblast, and Zolotonosha Raion of Cherkasy Oblast.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Yelanets Steppe Nature Reserve</span>

Yelanets Steppe Nature Reserve is a protected nature reserve of Ukraine that covers a section of the largest virgin steppe tract in the Northern Black Sea Coast area. It is the only steppe reserve in Right-bank Ukraine. A herd of American bison was introduced and lives within the territory. The reserve is in Mykolaiv Oblast.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kaniv Nature Reserve</span>

Kaniv Nature Reserve is a protected nature reserve of Ukraine that covers a portion of the right bank of the Dnieper River, and two floodplain islands in the river itself. The reserve is in the center of Ukraine, along the northeast edge of the Dnieper Upland. It was created to protect valuable forest-steppe and floodplain habitat. The site is known for an abundance of archaeological sites left by cultures back to the Paleolithic. The reserve is a unit of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, and is located in Cherkasy Oblast.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Karadag Nature Reserve</span> Nature reserve in Crimea

Karadag Nature Reserve is a protected nature reserve that covers a portion of the southeast coast of the Crimean peninsula. Encompassing mountains, forest-steppe, shoreline and marine areas, Karadag is an area of high biodiversity and the subject of much scientific study throughout the past 100 years. It supports a high number of Crimea's endemic species, and important bird colonies. The reserve is 36 km southwest of the city of Feodosia, and is currently administered by the Russian Academy of Sciences.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Crimean Nature Reserve</span> Nature reserve in Ukraine

Crimean Nature Reserve is a protected nature reserve that covers a portion of the Crimean Mountains, on the south coast of the Crimean Peninsula. It is the largest and oldest nature reserve in Ukraine. The reserve protects mountain-forest and meadow steppe plants and animals, with a high level of biodiversity. It is located just north of the town of Massandra.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Michael's Virgin Land Nature Reserve</span>

Michael's Virgin Land Nature Reserve is a protected nature reserve of Ukraine that covers meadow-steppe and forest-steppe in the northeast of Ukraine near the border with Russia. It exhibits plants found in both northern and southern steppes. First created as a reserve in 1928, it was expanded over the years and formally upgraded to a national reserve in 2009. The reserve is in the administrative districts of Lebedyn and Nedryhailiv of Sumy Oblast.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stanichno-Luhansk Reserve</span>

Stanichno-Luhansk Reserve is a protected nature reserve of Ukraine that covers a portion of the left bank of the Donets River floodplain. The reserve is about 30 km north of Luhansk, near the town of Stanytsia Luhanska in the administrative district of Stanytsia-Luhanska Raion of Luhansk Oblast

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ukrainian Steppe Nature Reserve</span> Nature Reserve in Ukraine

Ukrainian Steppe Nature Reserve is a protected nature reserve of Ukraine that protects a collection of primitive steppe tracts in Donetsk Oblast region of the Ukrainian southeast. Each tract is a different sub-type of Ukrainian steppe.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Provallia Steppe Nature Reserve</span>

Provallia Steppe Nature Reserve is a protected nature reserve of Ukraine that covers two tracts of representative steppe on the eastern Ukrainian border with Russia. As of 2014, the reserve was no longer under the control of the Ukraine government. The reserve is in the administrative district of Sverdlovsk Raion in Luhansk Oblast

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Striltsivskyi Steppe Nature Reserve</span>

Striltsivskyi Steppe Nature Reserve is a protected nature reserve of Ukraine that covers representative steppe habitat in eastern Ukraine. The site has been a nature reserve since 1931, providing scientists with a long history of study of steppe ecological processes. It is known for its population of European Marmot. The reserve is in the administrative district of Milove in Luhansk Oblast Striltsivskyi is administratively a unit of Luhansk Nature Reserve.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Yalta Mountain-Forest Nature Reserve</span> Nature reserve in Crimea

Yalta Mountain-Forest Nature Reserve is a protected nature reserve that covers the southwestern ranges of the Crimean Mountains, along the south coast of the Crimean Peninsula. The reserve is in the administrative district of Yalta Municipality

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Opuksky Nature Reserve</span> Massif and nature reserve in Crimea

Opuksky Nature Reserve is a protected nature reserve located on the southern coast of the Kerch Peninsula on the Black Sea. It is centered on a limestone massif rising from the kerch plains, and a salt lake. The site is a Ramsar Wetland of International Importance.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Medobory Nature Reserve</span>

Medobory Nature Reserve is a protected nature reserve of Ukraine located in the Podolian Upland in the western part of the country. It protects a representative portion of the "Tovtry" region, known for rocky limestone ridges. The reserve is in Chortkiv and Ternopil Raions of Ternopil Oblast.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Luhansk Nature Reserve</span>

Luhansk Nature Reserve is an administrative collection of four individual national nature reserves of Ukraine. Located in Luhansk Oblast, the easternmost province of Ukraine, the Luhansk reserves were affected by hostilities in the area in 2014. Originally established as a strict reserve for conservation and scientific study, public access is prohibited. The four components each exhibit a different aspect of the steppe ecology of eastern Ukraine.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chalk Flora Nature Reserve</span>

Chalk Flora Nature Reserve is a protected nature reserve of Ukraine that lies on open chalk slopes of the riverine hills along the Donets River. The reserve is in the administrative Lyman and Sloviansk districts of Donetsk Oblast. it is a sub-unit of the Ukrainian Steppe Nature Reserve, with an area of 1,134 hectares.

References

  1. ↑ "Gorgany (Official Reserve Website)" (in Ukrainian). Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources (Ukraine) . Retrieved August 21, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Drevylans Nature Reserve" (in Ukrainian). Official Reserve Website. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Yelanets Steppe Nature Reserve" (in Ukrainian). Official Reserve Website. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Kaniv Nature Reserve" (in Ukrainian). Official Reserve Website. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Karadag Nature Reserve" (in Ukrainian). Official Reserve Website. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  6. ↑ "Kazantypskyi Nature Reserve" (in Ukrainian). (Reserve Site; Internet Archive). Archived from the original on September 6, 2009. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  7. ↑ "Crimean Nature Reserve - History" (in Ukrainian). Official Reserve Website. Archived from the original on June 15, 2019. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  8. ↑ "Swan Islands Nature Reserve" (in Ukrainian). Official Reserve Website. Archived from the original on June 15, 2019. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  9. ↑ "Stanichno-Lugansk Reserve" (in Ukrainian). Official Reserve Website. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  10. ↑ "Provallya Steppe" (in Ukrainian). Official Reserve Website. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  11. ↑ "Striltsevsky Steppe Nature Reserve" (in Ukrainian). Official Reserve Website. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  12. ↑ "Medobory Nature Reserve" (in Ukrainian). Ukraine Incognita. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  13. ↑ "Michael's Virgin Land Nature Reserve" (in Ukrainian). Zapovedniks of Ukraine. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  14. ↑ "Opuksky Nature Reserve" (in Ukrainian). Official Reserve Website. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  15. ↑ "Polissya Nature Reserve" (in Ukrainian). Official Reserve Website. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  16. ↑ "Cheremske Nature Reserve" (in Ukrainian). Volyn Oblast. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
  17. ↑ "Ukrainian Steppe Nature Reserve" (in Ukrainian). Official Reserve Website. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  18. ↑ "Chalk Flora Nature Reserve" (in Ukrainian). Official Reserve Website. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  19. ↑ "Yalta Mountain-Forest Nature Reserve" (in Russian). Official Reserve Website. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
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