Eesti keeles
Water level in flooded Soomaa national park rised last day yesterday, and according to measurments of Riisa hydrological station reached 4 metres and 1 millimeter !
Now it is going slowly down, Flood is still there whole week, but level is less and less every day.
Swedish nature magazine Sveriges Natur had a paddle trip in flooded forests of Soomaa National Park.
We did a small test trip today, paddling in forest ditches.
Not really enough water yet, and ice is still a problem.
Karuskose – Tõramaa Canoe Trip in the Forest
EveryTrail and beyond
The water level in the rivers of Soomaa national park began to skyrocket since yesterday. According to Riisa hydrometric station the water of Halliste river rises 2 centimetres every hour, wich makes half meter per day.
Local people prepare their boats and canoes for the Fifth Season.
Follow the Fifth Season Web-camera at Raudna river on your screen or cone and join our guided canoe trips!
Sonni farm in Tipu village - 19 of March 2012
Story about Fifth Season of Soomaa National Park in Estonian Air inflight magazine IN TIME. Text : Signe Sillasoo, Photos : Sandra Urvak, Ingmar Muusikus.
Ramsar website writes about an international conference on “Mires and Wilderness” organised on 18-20 April 2011 by the Estonian Fund for Nature (ELF).
On the next day after conference the participants visited Soomaa Ramsar Site. During the annual spring floods, the so-called “fifth season”, they visited the flooded river plains and forests in canoes. Canoe trip was lead by Algis, Edu and Indrek from Soomaa.com Team.
