Coastal meadow at Kassari - Käina Gulf Landscape Protection Area
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The landscape region is formed of Hiiuma and Vormsi islands and 20 islets near the coast

Formed by step-by-step land uplift

The oldest part - Kõpu Height which has been an island for more than 7000yrs

The youngest - south-western part with a number of capes and bays

Coastal terraces, beach ridges (dunes) - especially on Kõpu and Tahkuna peninsulas

In the central part - largest wetlands, paludified and paludifying plains and forests

Extensive forest areas: 71% of the territory of the region (broad leaf mixed forests, pine forests, heath forests, etc)

The limestone bedrock with a thick Quaternary cover

Kärdla-Paluküla round limestone walls of the ancient buried meteorite crater

Sparse stream network; the unique Vanajõgi (Old river) meandering through the dunes in its old bed, in the deep valley

Tihu lake area - paludifying/terrestrializing lakes in the central part

Artesian water in northeast

Arable lands mostly in northeast, only 15% of the territory

Settlement on the coast

The only bigger city: Kärdla

Kõpu Landscape Protection Area - to protect the most ancient heritage landscapes in West Estonia

Pihla-Kaibaldi Landscape Protection Area - to protect forests, mires and heaths of shifting sands