Feel the nature at Shirvan National Park - VIDEO
The Shirvan National Park, being one of the unique and interesting places in Azerbaijan, encompasses an area of 54,373 hectares of Baku's Garadagh district.
The park, which is about 20 to 27 meters below sea level, is located in flat semi-deserts interrupted only by a few artificial channels, a semi-artificial lake and a few mud volcanoes. Hot and dry summers and cool and dry winters are observed in the park's area. The diversity of the terrain, vegetation and soil cover allow to distinguish a number of natural landscapes.
Gazelles and mammals such as foxes, jackals, hares and wolves, wild and jungle cats, lizards, snakes, badgers, beavers, jerboas, long-eared hedgehogs, bats, and turtles may be encountered at the park.
The national park has an extremely rich ornithological fauna. Rare and valuable species of birds such as bustard, swan, flamingo, etc. spend the winter and nest in the marshy areas of the park.
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