1. Презентация Новиковой Валерии Новиковой Валерии 8 «Л» класса 8 «Л» класса

2. The narrow (400-3800 km) sandy peninsula stretches for 98 km across the south-eastern part of the Baltic Sea. Its southern part is located within the Russian boundary (Kaliningrad Region) where in 1987 has been established the "Curonian Spit" National Park (6 600 ha). The narrow (400-3800 km) sandy peninsula stretches for 98 km across the south-eastern part of the Baltic Sea. Its southern part is located within the Russian boundary (Kaliningrad Region) where in 1987 has been established the "Curonian Spit" National Park (6 600 ha).

3. Covering an area of 18 thousand hectares, the Curonian Spit National Park was established to protect the unique scenic beauty of the Curonian Spit, a narrow years ago, as Kursiu Marios lagoon from the Baltic Sea. The peninsula, a sandy stretch of land extending 98 km, with the width varying from 400 sand peninsula separating the m to 4 km, was formed some five to six thousand accumulated in the shallower waters along the Baltic coast.

4. The Curonian Spit is of great value as a natural monument. It is one of the European largest wind-borne formations of this kind. A line of sandy dunes reaching almost 70 m high stretches continuously for tens of kilometers. Located along the White Sea-Baltic bird migration route the Spit is widely known among ornithologists: each year in spring and autumn from 10 to 20 millions of birds pass over the Spit, the significant part of which stop here for rest and feeding. Among large number of birds which accumulate in this area are found representatives of rare and endangered species inscribed into the Red Books of Russia, Lithuania and the world.

5. At the same time the Curonian Spit is of great significance from historic, cultural and archaeological points of view. On the UNESCO WH List the Spit appears exactly as the cultural heritage site, to be more precise, as the unique cultural landscape (a special category of World Heritage introduced in 1992).

6. Have a look at the Curonean spit once again