This article presents the current list and designed maps of monuments of non-living nature of Lviv region in Ukraine as well as some recommendations and suggestions for its improvement.
The list of monuments of non-living nature is the most numerous category in the structure of the nature reserve fund of Ukraine in general and Lviv region in particular. There are 199 monuments of non-living nature in the Lviv region up to 2019: 2 objects of national importance and 197 of local importance. Depending on the object of protection, the monuments of non-living nature of Lviv region can be divided into botanical (122), hydrological (34), complex (20), geological (19) and forest (4).
The majority of complex nature monuments cover specific forms of relief (individual hills, rocks, caves) with the complex nature conservation value and often historical and cultural importance. The large number of complex monuments of non-living nature is located in Skole and Zolochiv raions, a few in Brody and Yavoriv raions, and just a monument in each of Staryi Sambir, Turka, Drohobych, Kamianka-Buzka, Stryi and Mykolaiv raions.
Geological monuments of non-living nature are organized for the preserve caves, rocks, geological outcrops, erosion deposits, and glacial formations. These natural monuments are distributed in ten administrative raions and in Lviv, generally related to the mountains in Lviv region, the Precarpathian plain and the Podolian upland.
Hydrologic monuments of non-living nature include 29 springs and wells, 3 waterfalls, the peatland and the river outflow. The springs and wells of the mineral waters of the resorts of Morshyn (7), Truskavets (4), Schklo (6), Rozluch (4) and Velykyi Liubin (1) have a special reserved status. A majority of hydrological monuments are located in Stryi (7), Drohobych (6), Yavoriv (6) and Turka (5) raions.
It is proposed to add the following geological monuments of non-living nature such as complex of rocks with caves in Mykolaiv raion, the butte of Chervona Gora in the Zhovkva raion and the complex of rocks in Skole raion to the list of monuments of non-living nature. Further research in the region should include the following objects such as abandoned mining objects, wells and springs of Skhidnytsia resort, drainage of the river Styr.
Key words: monuments of non-living nature; geological monuments; hydrological monuments; Lviv oblast.
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