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Sevan Botanical Garden

Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz · CC BY-SA 4.0

8% trees around it and 268 species recorded.

47Forestyas Score

ArboretumMountain forest

  • trees within 3 km8%
  • wild within 10 km91%
  • species recorded268
  • Altitude1,937 m

The forest around

8% trees.

Read like the rings of a cut trunk: from the centre out, the land within 1, 3, 6 and 10 km, coloured by what covers it.

Trees 9%Grassland 73%Water 2%Bare ground 1%Cropland 1%Built-up 14%Trees 8%Grassland 61%Water 17%Cropland 1%Built-up 13%Trees 3%Grassland 36%Water 51%Cropland 6%Built-up 4%Trees 1%Grassland 62%Water 30%Bare ground 0%Cropland 5%Built-up 2%8%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km9%
  • 1–3 km8%
  • 3–6 km3%
  • 6–10 km1%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees8%
  • Grassland61%
  • Water17%
  • Bare ground0%
  • Cropland1%
  • Built-up13%

ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m, from Sentinel satellites), sampled every 120 m. A clearing, a road or a lake counts as what it is.

Who lives here

268 species recorded.

The plants, fungi, birds and mammals people have recorded here most often.

Lentil vetch
Lentil vetchVicia tetrasperma7 recordsFornax · CC BY-SA 3.0
Carex hordeistichos
Carex hordeistichosCarex hordeistichos6 recordsHerbarium of the University of Coimbra (COI) · CC BY 4.0
Elecampane
ElecampaneInula helenium6 recordsKarelj · CC BY-SA 3.0
Campanula stevenii
Campanula steveniiCampanula stevenii6 recordsM.S. del., J.N.Fitch lith. · Public domain
Lesser pond sedge
Lesser pond sedgeCarex acutiformis5 recordsThis photography was created by Artem Topchiy (user Art-top ). Other photos see here This · CC BY-SA 3.0
Weak arctic sedge
Weak arctic sedgeCarex supina5 recordsKenraiz · CC BY-SA 4.0
Carex brevicollis
Carex brevicollisCarex brevicollis5 recordsМайоров С. Р. · CC BY 4.0
Garden vetch
Garden vetchVicia sativa5 recordsDidier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0
Weeping alkaligrass
Weeping alkaligrassPuccinellia distans4 recordsKristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 07:20, 11 July 2006 (UTC) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Horned Pondweed
Horned PondweedZannichellia palustris4 recordsChristian Fischer · CC BY-SA 3.0
Onobrychis biebersteiniiOnobrychis biebersteinii6 records
BarleyHordeum distichon6 records

Open records within 2 km (GBIF, licensed for any use). Busy places are better recorded than remote ones.

In numbers

The forest, measured.

47out of 100

Our own rating, from open data only: tree cover (40 points), wildness (20), species recorded (30) and protection or heritage (10).

  • 8%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 91%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 268Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km
  • 1,937 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking in September.

How good each month is for a walk: mild days and little rain make the bar taller.

  1. Jan-2°-12°21 mm
  2. Feb0°-9°18 mm
  3. Mar5°-4°29 mm
  4. Apr10°0°50 mm
  5. May16°6°62 mm
  6. Jun21°10°52 mm
  7. Jul24°12°31 mm
  8. Aug24°12°26 mm
  9. Sep20°9°23 mm
  10. Oct13°4°38 mm
  11. Nov5°-3°21 mm
  12. Dec0°-9°19 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Sevan Botanical Garden.

Botanical garden in Sevan, Armenia

Sevan Botanical Garden is an arboretum in Armenia, 1,937 m above the sea.

Seen from space, 8% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 91% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

268 species have been recorded around it: 212 plants, 0 fungi, 56 birds and 0 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Lentil vetch, Carex hordeistichos and Elecampane.

The best time to walk is in September.

Sevan Botanical Garden kz3
Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz · CC BY-SA 4.0

Get there and walk

  • Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site
  • Защищенное от ветра местоcampsite · 1.6 km · 8 within 10 km
  • USSR Guesthouseussplace to stay · 1.3 km · 43 within 10 km
  • Sevannearest town · 1.7 km in a straight line
  • Zvartnots International Airport (EVN)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 66 km in a straight lineCar hire at EVN airport (Yerevan)Discover Cars · sponsored link

Plan the visit

A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.

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From above

The forest and its surroundings.

The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the trails, notable trees, picnic sites and huts that OpenStreetMap shows.

Sevan Botanical Garden seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Seen from above: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6 × 6 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around, in OpenStreetMap

  • 3marked trails within 5 kmSevan – Lchashen, Semyonovka – Sevan, Lchashen – Lake Akna
  • 1picnic sites within 4 km
  • 23shelters and huts within 6 km
  • 8viewpoints within 5 kmПик and 7 more
  • 13car parks within 3 km
  • 8campsites within 10 kmЗащищенное от ветра место, Asteria, Հին խորհրդային տուրիստական ​​բազա and 5 more
  • 43places to stay within 10 kmUSSR Guesthouseuss, Aurum Trip Guest House, Ambassador and 40 more
  • 23restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • named and notable trees within 6 km
  • visitor centres within 6 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.

In our other atlases

Around Sevan Botanical Garden.

The mountains, lakes, rivers, waterfalls and canyons around this forest, the viewpoints above it, the birds and the night sky, in the family's atlases.

Peakyas25 mountains within 25 km
Arjanots2,385 m · 2.8 kmDzor2,629 m · 18 kmMenaksar2,399 m · 20 kmMazaz3,087 m · 20 kmUgheo2,736 m · 20 kmMariam2,499 m · 22 kmPutaqar2,744 m · 24 kmGavar2,502 m · 24 km
Riveryasthe river nearby
Hrazdan River141 km · 18 m³/s

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

Photographs

The forest, as people saw it.

Hippophae rhamnoides (Sea Buckthorn), Sevan Botanical Garden2
Arthur Chapman · CC BY 2.0
Hippophae rhamnoides (Sea Buckthorn), Sevan Botanical Garden
Arthur Chapman · CC BY 2.0
Sevan Botanical Garden kz1
Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz · CC BY-SA 4.0

Other forests nearby.

Sevan Botanical Garden

Armenia

  • 47Forestyas Score
  • 8%Trees
  • 91%Wild
  • 268Species

Vanadzor Botanical Garden

Armenia · 49 km

  • 51Forestyas Score
  • 23%Trees
  • 94%Wild
  • 82Species

See the guide

Yerevan Botanical Garden

Armenia · 52 km

  • 36Forestyas Score
  • 14%Trees
  • 60%Wild
  • 202Species

See the guide

National Botanical Garden of Georgia

Georgia · 126 km

  • 51Forestyas Score
  • 35%Trees
  • 64%Wild
  • 534Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q5926572) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species1,255 open records within 2 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only)
See these recordsgbif.org
Names and photosWikidata (CC0); GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
AltitudeCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Temperature and rainNASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2)
What is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Sister atlasesPeakyas, Riveryas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

The family

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