Granite-steppe lands of Buh
| Granite steppes of Buh (Гранітно-Степове Побужжя) | |
| Landscape Park | |
 Valley of Mertvovod
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| Country | Ukraine |
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| Region | Mykolaiv Oblast |
| Districts | Pervomaisk Raion, Voznesensk Raion, Arbuzynka Raion, Domanivka Raion |
| Tributaries | |
| - left | Metrovod, Velyka Korabelna |
| - right | Bakshala |
| Urban areas | Voznesensk, Yuzhnoukrainsk, Oleksandrivka |
| Landmarks | Skarzhynsky Hydro-Electric Station, Sabanski Mill Complex, Buh-Gard, South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant, Tashlyk Hydro-Accumulating Electric Station, Oleksandrivka Reservoir |
| River | Southern Bug |
| Coordinates | 47°52′08″N 31°07′00″E / 47.86889°N 31.11667°ECoordinates: 47°52′08″N 31°07′00″E / 47.86889°N 31.11667°E |
| Length | 70 km (43 mi), north-south |
| Area | 62.67 km2 (24 sq mi) |
| Biota | Montane forest, Mediterranean vegetation |
| Geology | Itabirite, Calciphyre, Graphite gneiss, Pyroxene-Biotite gneiss, Cordierite |
| Plants | Sempervivum, Pseudofumaria alba, Iris pontica, Dianthus hypanicus, Moehringia hypanica, Cerasus klokovii, Gramineae |
| Animals | Danube bleak, barbus barbus borysthenicus, Coluber jugularis, Saker falcon, Booted eagle, Elaphe longissima, European badger |
| Landscape park | 1994 |
| Management | Mykolaiv Region State Administration |
| - location | Mykolaiv |
| IUCN category | V - Protected Landscape/Seascape |
| Recognition | Seven Natural Wonders of Ukraine |
Granite-steppe lands of Buh is a regional landscape park in the north-west of Mykolaiv Oblast in Ukraine.
The park includes the river valley of Southern Buh and the ravine-like vallies of its tributaries: Velyka Korabelna, Bashkala, and Mertvovod. The park stretches on 70 km (43 mi) from the southern part of Pervomaisk to the town of Oleksandrivka in Voznesensk Raion. It was established in 1994 by the decision of the Mykolaiv Oblast council and is located on the territory of Pervomaisk, Arbuzynka, Domanivka, and Voznesensk districts. The area of the park is 6,267 ha (15,490 acres).
The park is located at the southern edge of the Ukrainian crystalline shield in the spurs of the Podolian and Near-Dnipro Uplands. On the territory of the park the Southern Buh cuts into the crystalline massif (array) of the Ukrainian shield the outcome of which produced many rapids in the river. On the rocky banks are apparent types of the igneous rock that reveal granite.
The Granite-steppe lands of Buh represent the leftover spur of the ancient mountains once extending for 1000 km north-west to south-east from the Slovechansk-Ovruch mountain range to the Near-Azov Upland. As the result of the denudation process only the base of those mountains were left represented by the solid crystalline type of rock. Over the last 60 million years this part of land was not subjected to flooding.
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