Sochi National Park

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A waterfall in Sochi.

Sochi National Park (Russian: Сочинский национальный парк, Sochinsky National Park) is a national park in Western Caucasus, near of the city of Sochi, Russia.[1] It is Russia's second oldest national park, established on May 5, 1983. The park covers 1937.37 square kilometres within the Western Caucasus World Heritage Site.

The park occupies the Greater Sochi area, from the border with the Tuapsinsky District between the mouths of Shepsi River and Magri River in the north-west, to the border with Abkhazia along the Psou River in the south-east, and between the Black Sea to the water divide of Greater Caucasus. From this territory, the park does not include the areas of settlement (city of Sochi and various urban and rural settlements) and the area of the Caucasian Biosphere Reserve.

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  1. ^ Sochinsky National Park

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