We keep on walking around Karelia. Today we'll visit
waterfall "Kivach" on Suna river.
"The State nature reservation KIVACH"
The limits of reservation area.
4 kilometers to waterfall.
Stopping and staying in the forest is forbidden!"
The reservation established in 1931, it's area about
12x14 kilometers.
The waterfall is situated at the area of reservation with the same name;
about 60 kilometers far from Petrozavodsk and about 500 km far from
St.Petersburg.
The weather wasn't good, but then there
were no tourists (except 2 buses that arrived later).
The way down to waterfall
Here's it
I've seen a notice that this is the one of the largest plain falls of
the Europe. I guess, "plain" - is the keyword
:)
But it looks really imposing. Height of falling of water - 11 meters
Earlier the wood was drifted here.
At
that days it's been more full-flowing, but then the hydroelectric power
station in Girvas was built and most of water has gone there.
The Suna river behind the waterfall.
It's curious that all the trees, from which the pretty view to waterfall
could open, have no knots at the bottom (they sawed away : )
However, we shall rise again upward…
The resevation museum workers lives in
this house.
Obviously, the complexly coloured cat tells the owners
when to open the museum for tourists (it was closed and they opened it
especially for us).
Next to waterfall grows different kinds
of trees (those, which can grow in northern climate)
It calls
"arboretum"
The famous "Karelian birch"
From usual it differs with lots of outgrowths, which in a cut gives
figures reminding of marble.
It's a kind of "Birch warty ". Usually it's height about 5-7 meters.
Grows in Karelia, Baltic areas, Belarus.
The monument to Great Patriotic War
heroes
Local museum of nature.
It's quite interesting.
There exhibits nests of different birds, insects, mushrooms, photos of
neighbourhoods in all seasons, part of the forest with stuffed animals
and trees.
In next album we'll keep on travel around
Karelia.
