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Polesia tram

Official site of the tourist  state project  the Polissya Tram. All of the narrow gauge railway Antonivka-Zarichne. On-line travel guide of the Ukrainian Polissya.

The unique nature of Ukrainian Polissya

Travel area the Polissya Tram is famous for the unique beauty of forest landscapes.
 
forest landscapes
 
The climate in the Ukrainian Polissya is similar to the wheat-producing regions of Canada. There are many clear rivers and mirror lakes, all this creates a unique natural complex of powerful recreational resources. The beauty and richness of Polissya's nature attracts more and more tourists each year.
 
wildlife and active rest

Volodymyrets district

There are  6 main objects in the Volodymyrets district that nature still preserves. The largest and the most famous one is Rivne Nature Reserve (8.200 hectares), where the lake Bile is situated, where the water contains a large number of natural glycerine.
 
Horyn, Stir rivers, more than 10 lakes and 14 man-made reservoirs are olso located here.
 
More than half of district’s area is covered by forests housing rich local fauna: wild boar, wolves, foxes, moose, deer, martens, roe deer, muskrat, beavers, bird - black cock, partridges, cranes, wild geese. And the wide variety of trees dominated by pine, alder, oak, birch. In addition, those forests are rich in berries and mushrooms.
 
pine

Zarichne district

This district is famous for its 7 well known rivers (Stir, Pripyat, Stokhid, Veseluha, Stubla), 17 lakes, including Nobel’, Ostrivs'ke, Sosne. The largest lake in Ukrainian Polissya  is Nobel’ (499 hectares). 
 
Ukrainian Polissya
 
Nature Reserves are many of the finest sites for wildlife and active rest in the Zarichne district. There are Ostrivs’ke, Vychivs’ke, Svarytsyvetske and Dibrovske foresty and famous Regional landscape park the Prypyat-Stokhid, which is popular for the international project  The Pollissya Ecological Corridor Development, launched  there. The park is 39,000 hectares large and it is the third one with the national status (after the Shatskyi National Park and Desniansko-Starohutskyi one) in the Ukrainian Pollissya.
 
The unique nature of Ukrainian Polissya
 
The flora of Zarichne District includes 4 rare and vanishing species of plants that are listed in the Red Data Book of Ukraine.
 
the Polesie Tram
 
Flora and fauna of both districts are very similar.