Luhansk Nature Reserve

Luhansk Nature Reserve (Ukrainian: Луганський природний заповідник) 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 conservataion and scientific study, public access is prohibited. The four components each exhibit a different aspect of the steppe ecology of eastern Ukraine.[1]

Luhansk Nature Reserve
Ukrainian: Луганський природний заповідник
IUCN category Ia (strict nature reserve)
Grassland on the Trekhizbenskaya Steppe, Luhansk Nature Reserve
Location of Reserve
LocationLuhansk Oblast, Ukraine
Nearest cityLuhansk
Coordinates48°45′06″N 39°22′32″E
Area8,000 hectares (19,768 acres; 80 km2; 31 sq mi)
Established1968
Governing bodyNational Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Websitehttps://web.archive.org/web/20131014182751/ http://zapovednik.lg.ua/?language=uk

The four sectors are:

  • Stanichno-Luhansk Reserve. Floodplain forest-steppe with some meadow steppe. (498 hectares)
  • Provallya Steppe Nature Reserve. Grassland steppe with forst cover in deep ravines and river cuts. (588 hectares)
  • Striltsevsky Steppe Nature Reserve. Characteristics of grass-fescue-feather grass northern steppe. (1,037 hectares)
  • Trekhizbenskaya Steppe. A subsidiary branch in Slavyanoserbsky and Novoaydarsky districts. (3,281 hectares)

See also

References
  1. "Luhansk Nature Reserve" (in Ukrainian). Official Reserve Website - Wayback Web Archive. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
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