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Verkhovazhsky District ((ロシア語:Верхова́жский райо́н)) is an administrative〔Law #371-OZ〕 and municipal〔Law #1110-OZ〕 district (raion), one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. It is located in the north of the oblast and borders with Velsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast in the north, Ustyansky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast in the northeast, Tarnogsky Districts in the east, Totemsky District in the south, Syamzhensky District in the southwest, Vozhegodsky District in the west, and with Konoshsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast in the northwest. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the rural locality (a ''selo'') of Verkhovazhye.〔Resolution #178〕 District's population: 16,346 (2002 Census); The population of Verkhovazhye accounts for 36.2% of the district's total population.〔 ==Geography== The area of the district is slightly elongated from west to east. It is crossed from south to north by the Vaga River (the name of the district's administrative center, Verkhovazhye, means literally "on the Upper Vaga") and its tributaries, the largest of which are the Kuloy in the east and the Pezhma in the west. Areas in the west and in the southwest of the district belong to the basins of the tributaries of the Kubena, in the basin of the Sukhona River. The whole area of the district belongs to the basin of the Northern Dvina River. There are many swamps in the district, most of which are located in the valleys of the Vaga and the Kuloy. The basins of the Vaga and Kuloy Rivers are separated by the chain of hills which runs through the district from north to south. Forests cover 85% of the district's territory. In particular, spruce occupies 44% of all forested areas, birch occupies 22%, pine–25%, and aspen–3% of all forested areas. There are three natural monuments of local significance in the district protecting various landscapes, *Listvennichny Bor Landscape Zakaznik (''larch wood'') south of Verkhovazhye; protects a stand of Siberian larch *Verkhovazhsky Les Landscape Zakaznik, in the valley of the Vaga close to Verkhovazhye; protects the landscapes of the Vaga valley *Ivoninsky Bor Landscape Zakaznik, in the valley of the Kuloy at the border with Arkhangelsk Oblast; to protect glacial lake landscapes In addition, the Chugly Park created by Illarion Dudorov from Verkhovazhye, is protected as a natural monument since 2002. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Verkhovazhsky District」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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