@ Nature of the Crimea is unique . The fact is that the area of ​​the Crimea is not very large, just over 25 thousand . kv . km . But in this relatively small area there are collected all sorts of landscapes and natural beauties . There are meadows and mountains and sea beaches and bizarre rocks, rivers and caves and southern vegetation . There is a sharp boundary between the Crimean plains, which prevail on the peninsula, and the mountains ssivami in the south: so, in Dzhankoy you will find yourself in an even and smooth terrain along which you can endlessly walk or ride a bike . Near Simferopol the foothills are already beginning, and along the shore stretches a strip of mountains more than 150 km long .

There are several seas in the Crimea. The southern and western parts of the Crimea are washed by Black, and from the east Crimea is framed by the Azov Sea. The second is smaller and warmer, but on both you can perfectly relax. On the Black Sea coast, you can find a lot of picturesque places with cliffs, sharply breaking into the water (for example, Cape Fiolent), and at Azov - tourists are waiting for beaches with golden sand, smooth and wide - for example, in the village of Zolotoy.

Other cages of the Crimea are not so great: in summer heat affects them, causing lakes and rivers to become shallow . But, flowing through the mountains, the rivers form picturesque Gorges and canyons, and amateurs in the dopes will not waste time here either. . It is worth to visit, for example, the gorge of the Haphal waterfalls in the vicinity of Alushta, at an altitude of about 400 m above sea level . In Crimea there is even a Grand Canyon: a gorge whose slope height exceeds 300 m , and the width at the bottom reaches only three meters . The lake in the Crimea is about fifty, and they are all salty: once these lakes were part of the sea and are usually located near the shore, separated from it by narrow crosspieces . Crimean overflows near the estuaries - beautiful natural beaches .

The vegetative world of the Crimea is still continuing There are no riddles to botanists here: there is no-no and yes they will find something new . According to different data, there grow about 2, 5 thousand . described plant species . Some of them are typical for plains and in abundance are found, for example, in Ukraine . Another part occurred from the shores of the Mediterranean Sea . Some are found except in Crimea, only in Asia Minor . And about one tenth of all plant species in Crimea can not be found anywhere else - it is endemic . On the peninsula, even relict, prehistoric plants are preserved, which in the literal sense of this layer We saw more mammoths . Juniper, strawberries, low grasses and cedars - some separate species grow in the Crimea, apparently for more than two million years . Separately it is worth mentioning the urban flora: during the improvement of the Crimean cities, plants were brought here all over the world, so in the same Yalta or Alushta you can see amazing fruit or blooming trees .

Those who are really interested in communicating with nature should definitely visit the Crimean protected places. About 5% of the entire territory of the peninsula is allocated for reserves, zakazniki and other protected areas. The main one is the Crimean one with the Lebyazhy Islands belonging to it, the bird's seaside reserve; Also interesting are Kazantipsky, Yalta, Karadagh. In total there are six state reserves in Crimea, more than 30 reserves, more than 70 natural monuments and about 30 garden and park ensembles.

Crimean mountains and caves are full of mysteries and attract tourists every year. Many of them are in themselves a visiting card of the peninsula. And the characteristic profile of the Bear Mountain, Ayu-Dag, has been replicated in Crimean photographs for dozens of years. There are hundreds of caves in the Crimea, and they are all very diverse. One problem - in those that are the most popular, you can hardly feel a true union with nature, and less known, logically, and less difficult to access. The absolute "hit" of recent years is Skelskaya Cave, which was equipped for tourists only at the beginning of the 21st century and therefore still retained its natural beauty.