Parangalitsa - Bulgaria

Basic Information
Site Name
Parangalitsa
Short name
PRG-FRI-BAS
Country
Bulgaria
Site Description
This site is located on the territory of National Park “Rila”, Bulgaria. Parangalitsa has been a reserve since 1933. It is situated on part of the southwestern slopes of Rila mountain, covering 1,509 hectares. It contains some of the oldest pine tree forests in Europe with an average age of over 200 years. The site is a part of the network of bioecological stations of Forest Research Institute – BAS and research is focused on highly productive coniferous forests with unique biomass. In the main experimental plots, long-term complex studies were conducted during the period 1979 - 1998, a large-scale database was created and a number of significant scientific results were obtained. In the period 2000 - 2018, separate targeted studies were carried out - focused on some ecosystem processes, which allows the analysis and evaluation of the functioning of ecosystems to be don
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2024-09-04 13:09:15

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Partly operational
Year Established
1990
Observed properties
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
LTER Bulgaria (PRG-FRI-BAS)The affiliation of this site with "LTER Bulgaria" is not verified by the network on DEIMS-SDR.
Photos
View from the site
View from the site
Entrance to the reserve
Entrance to the reserve
Metheorological station
Metheorological station
Typical mixed landscape
Typical mixed landscape
Metheorological station
Metheorological station
Typical forest landscape
Typical forest landscape
Geographic
Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 42.02744 Longitude: 23.405542

Size
ca. 1487.00ha
Elevation (average)
1750.00msl
Elevation (min)
1400.00msl
Elevation (max)
2100.00msl
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