Reserve "Basegi" in the Perm region: description, animals

Unfortunately, you can see less often untouched places even in the Middle Urals. But today we still have a unique opportunity to do this in the preserve "Basegi", which is located in the Perm region. It was created to preserve a huge array of Middle Urals fir and fir forests, which are located in the foothills of the Bassega ridge. The forest zone of the reserve is the only valuable taiga massif of the Middle Urals that has not been cut down. Reserve "Basegi" is a reference object of taiga ecosystems.

Location:

To understand where this reserved territory is located, you will need a map of the Perm region. It clearly shows that the reserve is located on the territory of this region in the Gornozavodsky and Gremyachi regions. From the city of Gremyachinsk the nearest point of the reserve is 43 km away, from the city of Gornozavodsk - 50 km.

Nature reserve

The reserve has a continental climate characterized by warm summers and a fairly cold and prolonged winter with strong winds and heavy snowfalls. In summer, rains with thunderstorms are common in these places.

The range of "Basegi" is three arrays, which are divided by hollows. The relief, formed after the last glaciation and weathering, has bizarre shapes. Nowadays, the formation of weathering products and flowing water affect its formation.

Reserve "Basegi" cross 11 relatively small rivers. Their sizes range from 3 to 10 km. These are mountain rivers, characterized by rapid flow and crystal clear water.

Flood in spring lasts a little over a month. During the abundant summer showers, the water level in the rivers considerably increases. The largest in the reserve are Vilva and Ulva. The maximum width of the Ulva is 92 m, and its depth in some areas exceeds 2 m. The ice cover lasts about 200 days. Vilva has the greatest width of 84 m, depth - 2 m.

Animal world

Reserve "Basegi" (Perm region) is rich in fauna. There are 3 species of amphibians, 150 species of birds, 51 species of mammals, 2 species of reptiles.

In the reserve live animals related to the European fauna. For example, a red vole, an ordinary vole, a marten, a forest mouse, a European mink.

Representatives of Siberian fauna include sable, column, red vole, subspecies of Siberian roe deer.

To species that occur only in the Urals, you can include an ordinary shrew, a mole, a red vole, a dark vole, a vole-housekeeper.

The most common animals of the reserve are the medium and common shrews. Interesting tiny shrew. In size it is not larger than a beetle, and its weight barely reaches 2.5 g. It feeds on insects that are pests in the forest.

Near water bodies live water melting. They are somewhat larger than shrews. They have a black back and a white abdomen. Reserve "Basegi" is the habitat of six species of bats. Their number is rather small. In the daytime you can not meet them - they hide in the hollows of trees.

In the reserve there live a variety of rodents - squirrels, mouse, field and forest mice, baby mice. With them in the neighborhood live hamsters, which number 9 species. In the meadows settled in the southern voles. In broad-leaved and mixed forests, red voles are preferred to settle. Occasionally occurs muskrat.

The preserve of "Basegi" was also inhabited by ungulates. These include roe deer, moose, reindeer. For the winter, elks leave these places. Since 1985, boars have settled here.

In the dark coniferous forests there is a marten. Its number is quite large. In addition, in the protected area you can find caress and ermine.

The number of mink, otter and muskrat is quite high. Badger is rare. Most often it can be found in the winter in the meadows and in the countryside. The forests of the reserve sheltered and huge brown bears.

Flora

This area is characterized by a combination of some elements of Siberian and European vegetation. More than 480 species of plants are registered on the territory of the reserve. 40 of them are rather rare and valuable, and Shiverekiya Podolskaya is listed in the Red Book of Russia.

In the intermontane depressions and at the foot of the mountains stretched dark coniferous taiga. On the slopes, the forest is more sparse, the trees are lower, there is a rolling wood with dwarf birches, as well as subalpine meadows.

The peaks of the Basseg massif are covered with mosses and lichens with small parts of the mountain tundra. Here grows blueberries, blueberries, Siberian juniper.

In ancient times, the glacier did not reach here for several tens of kilometers, and in this part of the Urals a "field of experience" was formed for many animals and some forms of plants.

Birds

In large numbers, the reserve "Basegi" inhabits the Voran and passerine. On the banks of the current rivers, a dandy has taken root, which is not afraid of the cold. She leaves the nest and flies to warm countries only after the ponds freeze completely.

In the forests in large quantities, there is a black grouse, wood grouse, hazel grouse, 3 species of woodpeckers - three-toed, yellow and large variegated. Typical for these places representatives of birds are oatmeal (remez, reed, and common), yurok, common cuckoo, chiffchaff (tsenkovka and vesnichka), garden falcon, singing thrush, mountain ash, meadow mint, forest waltz, waxwing, bullfinch, nuthatch and others. On the rivers and marshes there are tidbits, mallards, waders.

In the reserve are preserved birds listed in the Red Book of Russia, the Peregrine Falcon and the White-tailed Eagle.

Security activity

The map of the Perm Territory, which we have placed in this article, shows what a huge territory this reserve occupies. Over the years of its existence, it has become a reserve of increasing the number and conservation of populations of many species of wild animals - mink and martens, foxes and moose, squirrels and bears. The biodiversity of the flora is impressive. The reserve "Basegi" protects a huge number of plants and animals. Many of them are listed in the Red Books of different ranks. The reserve conducts scientific and research activities aimed at preserving the nature of the Urals.