Karksi primeval valley with reservoir lakes on the course of the Halliste river
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The flat topped sandstone bedrock upland in South Estonia

Topography:

• rolling plateau with reddish-brown till cover, intersected by deep primeval valleys;
• in the middle moraine mounds;
• on the edges drumlins and sills;
• lakes in the denudational depressions;
• rivers and streams flowing in primeval valleys;
• mired flat old river valleys;

Denudations of light Burtniek sandstone stratum

Highly productive spruce forests, birch forests

Area of ancient settlement and land cultivation

Large rural settlements

The biggest city: Viljandi

Loodi Looduspark to protect natural heritage