The Bory Tucholskie National Park
Bory Tucholskie - a land of unique landscape beauty, the kingdom of emerald blue lakes, green woodland and forest of breathtaking glory. This is the largest compact forest complex in Poland and covers over 300 thousand hectares.
Today's image of the "Bory Tucholskie" forest complex was shaped over 15 thousand years ago during the last baltic glacial age. The area has a very rich network of streams, rivers and numerous lakes. The hydrological base of the "Bory Tucholskie" forest complex are the Brda and Wda rivers. The land's greatest treasure are forest, dominant of which are pine forest. In spite that the presence of man has significantly changed the composition of plant species, preserved have been almost all forest habitats existing in the Central Europe Lowland. The "Bory Tucholskie" National Park was established on July 1,1996. The national park has an area of over 4,789 hectares surrounded by a protection zone of 10,292 ha. The whole area of the national park was previously located in the Zaborski Landscape Park established in 1990. Before the national park was established the whole area was managed the Regional State Forest Management in Torun. In administrative terms, the whole area of the "Bory Tucholskie" National Park is located in the administrative district of Bydgoszcz in the municipality of Chojnice.
The national park lies on the basin of the Brda river. It's landscape qualities are connected with the exciting rich hydrological network with a large quantity of streams and reservoirs, therein lakes with a large quantity of streams and reservoirs, therein lakes with crystal clear water. the park covers 18 lakes with an area exceeding 1 ha. and three forest ponds. The whole area is almost in 90% covers with forest and features lack of environmental contamination sources in a large area, large share of water reservoirs of a classical post-glacial genesis, existence of a large group of rare plant species, therein many species of plant relics, richness in species, thought, though not so voluminous, fauna or vertebrates. Generally speaking, the park has conditions favourable for the development of vegetation units that have maintained their most natural properties and have crated environmental conditions for the growth of vertebrates populations. A broad diversity of flora and fauna, constituting a reservoir of genetic resources, gorgeous landscape, considerably clean waters, soil and air - are all attributes of the "Bory Tucholskie" National Park.
text - Roman
Wegner
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