Biržai Regional Park

Biržai Regional Park
Sinkhole formed in 2004
Map of Lithuania
Location	Panevėžys County, Lithuania
Nearest city	Biržai
Coordinates	56.201°N 24.659°E / 56.201; 24.659[1]
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 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.

See also

• Biržai Forest

Footnotes

1. "Birzu regioninis parkas State Park". protectedplanet.net.
2. "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.