| Wigry National Park |
 Wigry National Park- more information on official site and here.Wigry National Park is located in north-eastern Poland, in Podlasie region; farmed areas there are protected as landscape park. Glaciation period contributed to the formation of numerous lakes varying by shape, area and depth. The Park has 43 of them; the largest, Lake Wigry (area 2187 ha, max. depth 73 m) spreads in its central part. The main river, the Czarna Hancza, which flows through Lake Wigry is a well known, favourite kayak route. Forest communities which are the closest to natural ones are marsh forests and woods as well as alder carrs. Large part of the Park’s area is covered with peatbogs which often form unique plant communities on the national scale. Most of high moors and transitory peatbogs have retained their natural character. Among more than 1700 animal species recorded so far in the Park, the most characteristic one is European beaver, common on the river and lake sides; it is estimated, that the number of beavers in the Park approximates 250. Wolves are the most common large predators locally, and their population is gradually increasing. |