Biržai Regional Park

Biržai Regional Park
Biržai Regional Park
	Sinkhole formed in 2004
	Map of Lithuania
Location	Panevėžys County, Lithuania
Nearest city	Biržai
Coordinates	56°12′04″N 24°39′32″E / 56.201°N 24.659°ECoordinates: 56°12′04″N 24°39′32″E / 56.201°N 24.659°E
Area	14,659 hectares (36,220 acres)
Established	1992

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 Karves uola (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.

[1] "Birzu regioninis parkas State Park". protectedplanet.net.

[2] "PROJECT ENVIRONMENT". European Commission. Retrieved 2009-06-16.

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