Tuzly Lagoons National Nature Park
| Tuzly Lagoons National Nature Park | |
|---|---|
 Coast of Alibey Lagoon, part of the Tuzly group. | |
  Location of park | |
| Location | Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion, Odesa Oblast, Ukraine |
| Nearest city | Tatarbunary |
| Area | 278.65 km2 (107.59 sq mi) |
| Established | January 1, 2010 |
| Website | http://tuzlim.org.ua/uk/ |
Tuzly Lagoons National Nature Park is a Protected area located in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion of Odesa Oblast, southern Ukraine. The park was set up by decree of the President of Ukraine, Viktor Yushchenko, on January 1, 2010.[1][2]
Geography
[edit]The territory of the National Park includes the group of Tuzly Lagoons, which consist of
- parts of the larger lagoons: Shahany, Alibey, Burnas; and
- the small lagoons Solone Ozero, Khadzhyder, Karachaus, Budury, Martaza, Mahala, Malyi Sasyk, and Dzhantshey.
Flora and fauna
[edit]The area is mainly home to salt-loving plants. Rare stands of small seagrass (Zostera noltii) can be found on the Black Sea coast. The estuaries have a high biodiversity and are particularly important for birds. For example, the avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta), black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus), stone curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus), collared plover (Glareola pratincola) and steppe collared plover (Glareola nordmanni) live here. Some mammals in the area are the western mouse (Spalax leucodon) and stoat (Mustela erminea).[3]
Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, dead Black Sea bottlenose dolphins washed up at the park's coastline. This continued until 2023 when the fighting in the Black Sea shifted further east.[4]
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Great white pelicans on Tuzla Lagoons -
Colony of Sandwich Terns (Thalasseus sandvicensis). -
Black Sea Coast. -
Estuary. -
Coastal vegetation. -
Sunset in the Tuzlovsky Lymany National Park.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Decree of the President of Ukraine No 1, 2010 Archived 2011-08-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Tuzly Lagoons National Nature Park" (in Ukrainian). Tuzly Lagoons NNP (Official Site). Retrieved October 2, 2019.
- ^ "ПЕРЛИНИ ПРИЧОРНОМОР'Я | ХайВей" [PEARLS OF THE BLACK SEA | Highway]. h.ua. 1 March 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2025 – via web.archive.org.
- ^ "Ukraine's animals are also victims of the war". The Economist. 7 March 2024. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
External links
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Media related to Tuzly Lagoons National Nature Park at Wikimedia Commons
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