forests are the elk, roe deer, wild boar, hare, hedgehog, fox etc. Some endangered species like the brown bear, lynx and wolf are represented in smaller numbers. All in all Estonia is believed to have 40000 living species, but only about 23500 have been so far discovered. Compared to other northern countries Estonia has one of the most richest diversities of plants and animals in the world. Its vegetation includes 5000 plants and 3500 different mushrooms. Saaremaa yellow rattlebox only grows in Saaremaa. Sosnovski hogweed is poisonous and is even dangerous to people and it spreads very fast. Landscape. Estonia's landscape is quite even. The last Ice Age made a big impact on the current relief and also the sea that covered the country once. The southern and central part of Estonia is hillier than the northern and western part. The northern and western parts are quite low. 50% of Estonia is covered with forests and 30% is covered with wetlands.
Estonia. It covers 1119 square km. The park has reserves where any human activity is prohibited except for scientific purposes. It features various landscapes. Soomaa National Park offers real wilderness it covers 370 sq km of a vast lowland is central Estonia. The aim of the park is to protect Estonia's bigger bogs, meadows and forests. The Viidumäe Nature reserve is a small area in Saaremaa rich in rare plants. Some of them are unique in the world like Saaremaa yellow rattlebox. NORTH ESTONIA It consists of 5 counties Harjumaa, Raplamaa, Järvemaa, Lääne Virumaa and IdaVirumaa. The land is arable and the soil is fertile. On the northern coast is the Baltic Glint and Ontika is the highest point of it. Harjumaa is a densely populated region with large areas of summer cottages and gardens, children's camps and picnic spots. Estonia's biggest waterfalls are found there. In Harjumaa there is a little town Paldiski which was an important military port
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