Презентация, доклад на английском языке национальные парки России

a 7-year form student from Lokhovskaya secondary school
The teacher:T.A. Reztsova, an English teacher

national parks in Russia. The oldest parks in Russia are Sochinsky and Losiny Ostrov (1983);Samarskaya Luka (1984); Mariy Chodra (1985); Bashkiriya, Prielbrusye, Pribaykalsky, and Zabaykalsky (1986). According to the law on the protected areas of Russia, national parks are areas of land and water devoted to nature protection, ecological education, and scientific research. They contain sites of particular ecological, historical and aesthetic value. Regulated tourism is permitted. The area of each park is divided into zones according to various functions.

Mt. Alkhanai, a central focus and sacred mountain to the Buryats people, who today are the largest indigenous group in Siberia. Mt. Alkanai has been adopted as sacred by later Mongols, shamanistic people, and Buddhists. The Dalai Lama has made two unofficial visits to Alkhanay. The area takes its name from an old legend, in which a princess took refuge from her pursuers on the top of the mountain, defiantly shouting as they approached, "kill me!", which translates to "Alkhanai" in the local language.

ALKHANAY NATIONAL PARK

of Lake Baikal, the west slope of the Barguzin mountains to the east, the Ushkany Islands, and the only large peninsula on the lake Svyatoy Nos ("Holy Nose"). Of the 2,690 km2 (1,040 sq mi) of the park, 38.8 km2 are protected water areas of the lake itself.

ZAYBAYKALSKY NATIONAL PARK

Siberian forest: bear, wolf, fox, lynx, sable, otter, wolverine, moose, musk deer, squirrel, chipmunk, muskrat and hare. In the alpine meadows one of the mammals is the Black-capped marmot. 249 species of birds have been recorded in the territory.

Zaybaykalsky is located in the East Siberian taiga ecoregion (WWF ID#601). This ecoregion is situated between the Yenisei River and Lena River.

ZAYBAYKALSKY NATIONAL PARK

April 5, 2012 with the main purpose to preserve and restore the population of Amur Leopards. There are only about 50 of them in Russia.

LAND OF THE LEOPARD

of the Volga River as it flows south by the City of Samara. It is on the shore of the Kuibyshevskoye water reservoir, and on the north it has a border with Zhigulevsky Zapovednik. Most of the bedrock is karst (limestone) formation. It was founded in 1984.

SAMARSKAYA LUKA NATIONAL PARK

range of peoples back to ancient times, and to its scientific value resulting from the biodiversity of its closely placed variety of habitats. The territory is part of the Middle Volga Complex Biosphere. The park is popular with tourists for hiking and recreation.

SAMARSKAYA LUKA NATIONAL PARK

It is located in Moscow ow and Moscow Oblast and is the third largest Forest in a city of comparable size, after Table Mountain National Park (Cape Town) and Pedra Branca State Park (Rio de Janeiro).

LOSINY OSTROV NATIONAL PARK

one can see wild animals in their natural environment, including the moose. In total there are 44 species of mammals and 170 bird species, 9 amphibian species, 5 reptile species and 19 fish species.

LOSINY OSTROV NATIONAL PARK

spit that separates the Curonian Lagoon from the Baltic Sea coast. Its southern portion lies within Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia and its northern within southwestern Lithuania. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site shared by the two countries.

CURONIAN SPIT NATIONAL PARK

in 1993 . The park lies about 30 km south of Satka and 200 km west of Chelyabinsk.
Notable features include Zyuratkul' Lake, a rare mountainous body of water for the Urals 754 m above sea level, with a surface area of 13,2 km2 and a maximum depth of 8 m. Water is slightly mineralised . Because of its clear water and spectacular landscape around, Zyuratkul' is often called "Ural Ritsa".[1]

at the headwaters of the Chikoy River, which flows west into the Selenga River and Lake Baikal, 250 miles to the northwest. It is in the transition zone between the Siberian taiga to the north and Mongolian steppe to the south.

CHIKOY NATIONAL PARK

of the Volga Uplands, covered in mixed oak-linden and conifer forests, along the west side of the Volga River. It is about 1,000 km north of the Caspian Sea, in Saratov Oblast overlooking the Saratov Reservoir

Lakes) is a forest-wetland ecosystem of 35 lakes and surroundings in the northwest of Smolensk Oblast near the Russian border with Belarus.

and major tourist draw to its resort town of Przhevalskoye. A census of animals in the park recorded 54 mammal species, 232 bird species, and 37 species of fish. In 2012, the World Wildlife Fund initiated a project entitled "Conservation and restoration of rare bird species in large wetlands of Smolensk Lakeland National Park"

SMOLENSKOYE POOZERYE NATIONAL PARK

of the Shantar Islands, a group of 15 currently uninhabited islands that lie close to the coast of Khabarobsk Krai, in the Sea of Okhotsk in the Russian Far East. The park was formerly a state nature reserve (established in 1999), but re-established as a federal national park in 2013.

SHANTAR ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK

mammals – including Steller Sea Lions, seals, and many species of cetacean (gray, bowhead, minke, beluga, and killer whale) - plus spawning salmon and very large colonies of birds.

SHANTAR ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK

a beautiful place
For all living creatures,
For all the human race.
Helping Mother Earth
We can peacefully roam
We all deserve a place
We can call our home.