nature of latvia. it is typical for latvia temperate zone landscape with mixed woods people activity...
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Nature of Latvia
It is typical for Latvia
• temperate zone landscape with mixed woods
• people activity influence on nature
• multishaped flora and fauna
• undamaged territories of nature are survived
Typical landscapes
Forests
• pain forests
• mixed forests
• rarely –decidous forests
Meadows
Variety of meadows-
from the wet river bottom land till the dry forest glade
Swamps
• high moss swamps• low grass swamps• swamps are important
place for nesting ground of different birds
Baltic Sea
• big part of border of Latvia makes the sea border
• seashore is a typical element of landscape
• there is an original fauna in the landscape
Animals and plants
Fragrant butterfly orchid
• you can find it in the wet meadows and shrubberies
• it blossoms in June and starts to smell in the evening
• protected plant
Ordinary daisy
• daisy family plant• typical plant of
meadows in Latvia
• popular wild flower plucked on St.John’s Eve
Ordinary pine
• typical tree in the woods of Latvia
• important resource of timber
• grows in different places-from the seaside denes till swamps
Juniper
• typical plant of brushwood
• medicative herb• wood-pulp is used as
decoration material• firewood is used for
smoking meat
Wild boar
• widely distributed wild animal in the forests of Latvia
• important animal for hunting
• in force they can make havoc for fields
Eiropean beaver• population is restored at the
end of the 20th century • beaver skins are extremely
valuable because they are strong, soft, and beautiful.
• roasted beaver meat is very tasty
• in force resettles near people(for example-Riga watercourse)
• beaver lives in various bodies of water - rivers, lakes, and even drainage ditches.
Beavers dam
Bebru dambis
European elk• is the largest representative
of the deer family• the biggest artiodactyla
representative in forests of Latvia
• important animal for hunting• The size of the elk
population has varied, depending on the intensity of hunting, the number of predatory animals, and the prevalence of diseases
White wagtail
• national bird in Latvia
White stork
• white stork is an integral part of Latvia landscape
• many beliefs are associated with storks- for example, the house where a stork lives has good fortune; a stork protects the home from fire; if a stork's nest is destroyed, the house burns down ;the stork living near the house brings blessing
• there is a special museum of storks in Staicele
Eiropean hedgehog• very popular animal living
in the gardens,shrubs and parks
• insectivore
• a lot of hedgehogs are killed on the motorways therefore one of the pupils of Vidzeme is created a special sign on the roads ”Be careful-hedgehogs!”
Grey crane• beautiful but
comparatively occassional swamp bird
• decreasing is connected with shrinking of big swumps
• crane voices and rutting-dances are unforgettable
Medical milfoil• daisy family plant• you can find it in the
meadows and roadsides• medical plant with the
large usability