National Park Khvalynsky

Description

The National Park Khvalynsky is located in the northern part of Saratov region in Khvalynsky district at the border of the Middle and Lower Volga regions. It occupies the remnant massif (Khvalynskye hills) of the Volga Upland and part of the Tereshka River valley in the vicinity of the town of Khvalynsk. In accordance with the botanical-geographical division, the region under the study belongs to the Central Russian (Verkhnedonskaya) subprovince of the Eastern European forest-steppe province of the Euro-Asian steppe region. Zone types of vegetation are deciduous forests and meadow steppes. Forests gravitate towards the highlands, on the plains yielding to the meadow steppes. National Park area is 260.37 km2. It is covered with forests. Protected zone is 1148.0 km2.

Contacts

ADMINISTRATIVE_POINT_OF_CONTACT
Guzalya Suleymanova
position: Science Deputy Director
412780, Region Saratov, Khvalynsk Sity, Oktyberskya Street, 2b
Telephone: +78459522930
email: suleymanovagf@mail.ru

TECHNICAL_POINT_OF_CONTACT
Evgeniy Meyke
Latokartanonkaari 3 00790 Helsinki
Telephone: +358503541114
email: evgeniy@earthcape.com

National Park Khvalynsky
412780, Saratov Region, Khvalynsk, Oktyabrskaya Street, 2b
Khvalynsk
412780
Saratov
RU
email: np.hvalynskiy@yandex.ru