Pernarava-Šaravai Forest

The Pernarava-Šaravai Forest (Lithuanian: Pernaravos–Šaravų miškai) is a forest in Kėdainiai District Municipality, central Lithuania, located 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) west off Josvainiai. Covering an area of 3,570 hectares (8,800 acres),^[1] it consists of smaller forests: the Šaravai Forest, the Sviliai Forest, the Pernarava Forest, the Juodgiris. Most of the forest is drained by the Šušvė tributaries (the Liedas, the Vikšrupis, the Putnupys) while the western part is drained by the Aluona and its tributary the Sakuona.

Pernarava-Šaravai Forest Lithuanian: Pernaravos–Šaravų miškai
The Kėdainiai-Cinkiškiai road running through the Pernarava-Šaravai Forest
Map
Geography
Location	Kėdainiai District Municipality, Lithuania
Coordinates	55.233°N 23.766°E / 55.233; 23.766
Area	35.7 km2 (13.8 sq mi)
Ecology
Forest cover	birch, spruce, aspen
Fauna	wild boar, roe deer, red fox, moose, hare

As of 2005, 50 % of the area was covered by birch, 20 % by spruce, 8 % by aspen, 8 % by ash, 4 % by oak, 9 % by black alder, 1 % by white alder tree groups.^[1] The fauna of the forest consists of wild boar, roe deer, moose, red fox, raccoon dog, pine marten, badger, hare, squirrel, beaver, muskrat, as well as hazel grouses, black storks, Eurasian woodcocks,^[2] lesser spotted eagles and northern goshawks.^[1] Part of the forest belongs to the Pavikšrupys Botanical Zoological Sanctuary. There is a nature monument the Šaravai Oak Tree in the Šaravai Forest.^[2]

There are Pavikšrupys, Sviliai, Sviliukai, Degimai, Rugėnai, Būdai, Graužiai, Skaistgiriai, Šaravai, Paaluonys, Vincentava, Kantrimas. villages inside the forest or on its edges.

Images

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  The Šaravai Oak Tree
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  The Sviliai Forest
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  Wood in the Sviliai Forest
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  The Aluona river in the Šaravai Forest

References

1. "Pernaravos‑Šaravų miškai". Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Vol. 18. Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutas. 2010. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
2. "Pernaravos–Šaravų miškai". Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Vol. 3. Vilnius: Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija. 1987. p. 355.