Unfortunately, you can see untouchedman places even in the Middle Urals. But today we still have a unique opportunity to do this in the reserve “Basegi”, which is located in the Perm region. It was created to save a huge array of middle Ural fir and fir forests that are located in the foothills of the Bashegi range. The forest zone of the reserve is the only most valuable taiga massif in the west of the Middle Urals that has not been cut down. The reserve “Basegi” is a reference object of taiga ecosystems.
Location:
To understand where this reservedTerritory, 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 Gremyaic areas. The nearest point of the reserve is 43 km from Gremyachinsk, and 50 km from Gornozavodsk.
Nature reserve
The reserve has a continental climate thatcharacterized by warm summers and quite cold and long winters with strong winds and heavy snowfalls. In the summer in these places there are frequent rains with thunderstorms.
Ridge "Basegi" consists of three arrays,which are separated by hollows. The relief formed after the last glaciation and weathering has fancy shapes. In our time, its formation is influenced by the movement of weathering products and flowing waters.
The Reserve “Basegi” crosses 11 relatively small rivers. Their sizes vary from 3 to 10 km. This is a mountain stream, characterized by fast flowing and crystal clear water.
Spring flood continues a little moreof the month. During heavy summer showers the water level in the rivers increases significantly. The largest in the reserve are Vilva and Ulva. The maximum width of Ulva is 92 m, and its depth in some areas exceeds 2 m. The ice cover lasts about 200 days. Vilva has a maximum width of 84 m, depth - 2 m.
Animal world
The reserve "Basegi" (Perm region) has a rich fauna. There are 3 species of amphibians, 150 species of birds, 51 species of mammals, 2 species of reptiles.
In the reserve live animals belonging to the European fauna. For example, red vole, common vole, marten, forest mouse, European mink.
Representatives of the Siberian fauna include sable, columns, red vole, subspecies of the Siberian roe deer.
The species that are found only in the Urals include the common shrew, the mole, the red vole, the dark vole, the vole housekeeper.
The most common animals of the reserve aremedium and common shrew. Interestingly tiny shrew. It is no bigger than a beetle in size, and its weight barely reaches 2.5 g. It feeds on insects that are forest pests.
Water pools live near water bodies.They are somewhat larger than the shrew. They have a black back and a white belly. The Reserve "Basegi" is a habitat for six species of bats. Their number is quite small. In the afternoon you will not meet them - they hide in hollows of trees.
In the reserve live a variety of rodents -squirrels, mice, field and forest mice, baby mice. With them in the neighborhood live hamsters, of which there are 9 species. Southern voles settled in the meadows. In broadleaf and mixed forests prefer to live red vole. Occasionally, a muskrat is found.
The preserve “Basegi” was also inhabited by ungulates. These include roe deer, moose, and reindeer. For the winter, moose leave these places. Since 1985, wild boars have settled here.
In the dark forests there is a marten. Its number is quite large. In addition, in the protected area you can meet weasel and ermine.
The number of minks, otters and muskrats is quite high. Badger is rare. Most often it can be found in the winter in the meadows and in crooked forest. The forests of the reserve sheltered huge brown bears.
Flora
This territory is characterized by a combinationsome elements of the Siberian and European vegetation. Over 480 species of plants are registered in the reserve. 40 of them are quite rare and valuable, and Shiverekiya Podolskaya is listed in the Red Book of Russia.
In the intermountain depressions and at the foot of the mountains stretches dark coniferous taiga. On the slopes of the forest is more rare, the trees are lower, crooked forest with dwarf birch trees and subalpine meadows appear.
The peaks of the Baseg massif are covered with mosses and lichens with small patches of mountain tundra. Here grows blueberries, blueberries, Siberian juniper.
In antiquity, the glacier did not reach here for several tens of kilometers, and in this part of the Urals an “experience area” was formed for many animals and some plant forms.
Birds
In large numbers, the reserve "Basegi"They inhabit corvids and passerines. On the banks of the flowing rivers, a dipper caught on, which is not afraid of the cold. It leaves the nesting place and flies away to warm countries only after the reservoirs freeze completely.
There is a black grouse in large numbers in the forests,wood grouse, hazel grouse, 3 species of woodpeckers - three-toed, desirable and large motley. Representative birds for these places are oatmeal (Remez, reed and common), Yurok, common cuckoo, warbler (Enemydka and Vesnichka), garden Slavka, song thrush, mountain ash, meadow chase, wood beetle, waxwing, bullfinch, nuthatch and others. On rivers and swamps there are teals, mallards, waders.
The reserve has preserved birds listed in the Red Book of Russia - falcons, peregrine falcons and white-tailed eagles.
Security activities
The map of the Perm region, which we placed inThis article shows what a huge area this reserve occupies. Over the years of its existence, it has become a reserve for increasing the number and preserving populations of many species of wild animals - mink and marten, fox and elk, squirrel and bear. Impressive biodiversity of flora. 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.
