Moundiko Nature Trail - Part 1
Sheep And Goats
While you are passing you can say hello to the animals.
Bear Abuse
I don't know why but a lot of teddy bears seem to end up on spikes on Cypriot Farms. Do they act as Scarecrows?
On The Left
To your left as you walk up the hill, you will see the start of White River Gorge. This runs all the way down to White River Beach.
Picnic Spot
Soon we are at the top of the Moundiko Plateau, so sit down for a bit and enjoy the view.
Sign Number 7
When you have finished your break, have a read of the sign:
Here is the highest altitude of 425m of the Moundiko plateau. The whole area with the plateaus of Pykni, Moundiko, Lipati and towards the Meleti forest to the northwest, consist of sediments of the tertiary system, with chalks and margins formed at the bottom of the sea when they stabilised. With geological processes that followed, the differential uplift of the area in various phases, and the continuous erosion, this unique landscape of gorges and plateaus was created, that characterises the area.
Thus the gorges of Farkonia and Koufon isolated the Moundiko plateau, while the gorges of Koufon and Avakas to the left, border the Lipati plateau. Due to the differential uploft of the area (more inland than the coast), there is a slight slope of the rock layer to the sea. The area of Moundikowas farm land with cereals cultivated along with locusts and olive trees, and part of it wasforest land. After the abandonment of agriculture and the overgrazing in the area, isolated carob trees, some olive trees, meadow (steppes_ and bushy vegetation, as well as small pine forests remained. The area of Moundiko was farm land with cereals cultivated along with locusts and olive trees, and part of it was forest land. After the abndonment of agriculture and the overgrazing in the area.
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