Landscapes at Piusa
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The name introduced by the geography professor of Tartu University, J.G. Granö in 1922

Located south of the Ugandi Plateau

Landscape rich in forests: mainly dry boreal pine forests and boreal heaths

Devonian sandstone denudations at high river banks

In the meander of the Piusa river - dune sands and sand mines to mine the Gauja stratum sandstone for producing colour glass

Piusa sand cave system with 10 km of galleries (undergorund mining) and the biggest hibernation are of bats in the Baltic area

The longest river of Estonia - Võhandu - flowing on the western border of the plateau

Sandstone denudations, called „walls", on the Võhandu river

Meenikunno bog - the overgrowth of the previous lake

Ilumetsa meteorite craters

Nohipalu Valgjärv lake with the clearest and the most mineral poor water

Nohipalu Mustjärv lake with the most fast-warming water in Estonia

Settlement: sparse on forest areas, more dense on cultivated areas

The biggest city: Räpina

Meenikunno Bog Landscape Protection Area, Mustoja Kame Field Landscape Protection Area, Piusa Sand Caves Nature Protection Area