Kivach Nature Reserve

Kivach Nature Reserve.

Kivach is a 104.6 km² Russian nature reserve located in Kondopozhsky District of Republic of Karelia, which includes the famous 10.7 m Kivach waterfall on the Suna River. The reserve was established in 1931 to study and protect Karelian taiga. Its area was 20 km² before 1947, when it was extended to 103 km².

Flora and fauna

Vascular plants: 569 species, 239 genera, 85 families

Mammals: 48 species

Birds: 197 species

Reptiles: 3 species

Amphibians: 5 species

Fishes: 18 species

Climate

mean July temperature: 17°C

mean January temp: -10.7°C

mean annual precipitation: 619 mm

frost-free period: 104-153 days

mean snowcover by the end of winter: 83 cm (lasts for 143 days on average)

Gallery

Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky in 1915 at the Kivach waterfall

Nature reserves of Russia (class Ia 'Zapovedniks')

Northwest	Kandalaksha Kerzhinski Kivach Kostomuksha Lapland Nizhnesvirsky Pasvik Pinezhsky Polistovsky Rdeysky

Central	Belogorye Bryansk Forest Central Forest Central Tsernozemsky Galichya Gora Kaluzhskiye Zaseki Khopyor Nurgush Oka Prioksko-Terrasny Voronezh Voronina

Southern	Astrakhan Bogdinsko-Baskunchakski Chyornye Zemli Rostov

North Caucasus	Caucasus Dagestan Erzi North Ossetia Teberda Kabardino-Balkarski

Volga	Basegi Bashkirski Mordovski Orenburg Pribolshky Les Prisurski Shaytan-Tay Shulgan-Tash Vishera Vosshko-Kamisky Zhiguili

Urals	Denezhkin Kamen East Ural Ilmen Little Sosva Nenets Pechoro-Ilych South Ural Upper Taz Visim

Siberia	Altai Azas Baikalsky Barguzin Baykal-Lena Central Siberia Dauriya Dzherginsky Great Arctic Gydan Katun Khakasski Kuznetsk Alatau Putorana Sayano-Shushenski Sokhondo Stolby Taymyr Tigirekskiy Tunguska Ubsunur Hollow Vitim Yugansky

Far East	Bastak Bolon Bolshekhekhtsirsky Botcha Bureya Dalnevostochny Morskoy Darwin Dzhugdzursky Kedrovaya Pad Khanka Khingan Komandor Komsomolsk Koryak Kronotsky Kurils Lazovski Lena Delta Magadan Nora Olyokma Poronaysky Sikhote-Alin Ussurisky Wrangel Island Zeya

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Coordinates: 62°17′46″N 33°55′16″E / 62.2961°N 33.921°E / 62.2961; 33.921

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