Biržai Regional Park

56°12′04″N 24°39′32″E / 56.201°N 24.659°E / 56.201; 24.659^[1]Area14,659 hectares (36,220 acres)Established1992

Biržai Regional Park covers 14,659 hectares (36,220 acres) in northern Lithuania near its border with Latvia. It was established in 1992 to preserve a distinctive karst landscape. About 20% of its area is covered by forest.

The park is notable for its sinkholes, created by the dissolution of the gypsum underlying its soil. About 9,000 sinkholes have been identified; the most notable is the Karvės ola (Cow's Cave), which is about 20 meters deep.^[2] In 1998 the use of pesticides and fertilizers in the area was restricted.

Footnotes

^ "Birzu regioninis parkas State Park". protectedplanet.net.
^ "PROJECT ENVIRONMENT". European Commission. Retrieved 2009-06-16.

References

(in Lithuanian) Titulinis. Biržai district municipality.
Directorate of Birzai regional park. Association of Lithuanian State Parks and Reserves.
Central and Eastern European Sustainable Agriculture. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Sinkholes and subsidence. Tony Waltham, Frederic Gladstone Bell, M. G. Culshaw, Springer, 2005, ISBN 3-540-20725-2.

List of regional parks of Lithuania

Anykščiai RP - Asveja RP - Aukštadvaris RP - Biržai RP - Dieveniškės HRP - Dubysa RP - Gražutė RP - Kaunas Reservoir RP - Krekenava RP - Kurtuvėnai RP - Labanoras RP - Meteliai RP - Nemunas Delta RP - Nemunas Loops RP - Neris RP - Pagramantis RP - Pajūris RP - Panemuniai RP - Pavilniai RP - Rambynas RP - Salantai RP - Sartai RP - Sirvėta RP - Tytuvėnai RP - Varniai RP - Veisiejai RP - Venta RP - Verkiai RP - Vištytis RP - Žagarė RP