Sochi National Park

Sochi National Park with Caucasian Wisent bison, on a Russian stamp.

Orekhovsky waterfall in Sochi National Park, in the Western Caucasus, Southern Russia.

Sochi National Park (Russian: Сочинский национальный парк, Sochinsky National Park) is a national park in Western Caucasus, near the city of Sochi, in Southern Russia. It is Russia's second oldest national park, established on May 5, 1983.

Geography

Sochi National Park covers 1,937.37 square kilometres (478,730 acres) 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 crest of the Greater Caucasus.

From this territory, the park does not include the areas of settlement, such as the city of Sochi and various urban and rural settlements. The area of the Caucasian Biosphere Reserve is also distinct.

See also

• Caucasus mixed forests
• Caucasian Wisent

External links

• Ministry of Natural Resources of Russian Federation: Sochi National Park website - detailed park profile