page_title: Gorgany Nature Reserve
hierarchical_section_title: Gorgany Nature Reserve
caption_attribution_description: Українська: «Ґорґани», Надвірнянський район, Бистрицька та Зеленська сільські ради English: Gorgany nature region, an administrative Reserve located in the village council Bystrytska and Zelenskaya which belongs to Nadvirna district. Note the snow mass on the left looks like a lion meditating (Медитація лева) upon the mountains. This is a photo of a natural heritage site in Ukraine, id: 26-240-5052
context_page_description: Gorgany Nature Reserve is a strict nature reserve of Ukraine that covers a part of the Gorgany mountain range of the Outer Eastern Carpatians in southwest Ukraine. The reserve is 46% old-growth forest, one of the last and largest such stands in Europe. The reserve was originally created in 1996 to protect relic stands of Stone pine trees. The reserve is administratively in the Nadvirna District of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast.
context_section_description: Gorgany Nature Reserve (Ukrainian: Ґорґани заповідник) is a strict nature reserve (a 'zapovednik') of Ukraine that covers a part of the Gorgany mountain range of the Outer Eastern Carpatians in southwest Ukraine.  The reserve is 46% old-growth forest, one of the last and largest such stands in Europe.  The reserve was originally created in 1996 to protect relic stands of Stone pine trees (Pinus cembra).  The reserve is administratively in the Nadvirna District of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast.
caption: Mountains in Winter, Gorgany Nature Reserve
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