nature of latvia
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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. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Nature of Latvia
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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
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Typical landscapes
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Forests
• pain forests
• mixed forests
• rarely –decidous forests
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Meadows
Variety of meadows-
from the wet river bottom land till the dry forest glade
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Swamps
• high moss swamps• low grass swamps• swamps are important
place for nesting ground of different birds
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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
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Animals and plants
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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
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Ordinary daisy
• daisy family plant• typical plant of
meadows in Latvia
• popular wild flower plucked on St.John’s Eve
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Ordinary pine
• typical tree in the woods of Latvia
• important resource of timber
• grows in different places-from the seaside denes till swamps
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Juniper
• typical plant of brushwood
• medicative herb• wood-pulp is used as
decoration material• firewood is used for
smoking meat
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Wild boar
• widely distributed wild animal in the forests of Latvia
• important animal for hunting
• in force they can make havoc for fields
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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.
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Beavers dam
Bebru dambis
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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
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White wagtail
• national bird in Latvia
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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
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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!”
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Grey crane• beautiful but
comparatively occassional swamp bird
• decreasing is connected with shrinking of big swumps
• crane voices and rutting-dances are unforgettable
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Medical milfoil• daisy family plant• you can find it in the
meadows and roadsides• medical plant with the
large usability