The nature of Vilnius city A PRESENTATION BY: V G T U ENGINEERING LYCEUM 8E CLASS STUDENTS : O S K A R A S KAVOLIŪNAS AND AUGUSTAS ŽYDELIS TRANSLATED BY: 6 A CLASS STUDENT K A R O L I S ŠČERBAVIČIUS The hill of Gediminas’ tower The height of the hill from the foot is 47-48 m. The slopes of the hill are steep. The Three Crosses The Three Crosses – A landmark in Vilnius city, on Curved hill, which is also called Bleak hill and the hill of The Three Crosses (The height from the foot is 64- 65 m and 75-76 m above theVilnelė level). Pučkoriai Exposure Puchkoriai exposure – a geological landmark on the right side of the River Vilnia. It is an ice age exposure – the highest one in Lithuania, which is 65 m high and 260 m wide, with opening up layers that are about 20 000 years old. Šeškinės ozas length – 1160 m, relative height – 3-18 m, Ridge width 3-12 m (medium – 5 m), medium foundation width – 50 m, slope inclination – 7-30° (The eastern slopes of the ‚ozas‘ are higher). Regional park of Neris Neris regional park is a secured natural – cultural region, on both sides of the River Neris . It is about in between Vilnius and Kernavė cities. Mound of Karoliniškės Karolinishkes landscape reserve – A national significance secured natural territory in Vilnius city municipality, on the right bank of the Neris, in the Karolinishkes residential area. Verkiai regional park Verkiai regional park – a regional park in Vilnius, on the right bank of the Neris. The radius of the park is about 2700 ha, forests cover 77% of the territory. Sapieginė Sapiegine is a part of Vilnius city, located to the north- east of the city centre, next to Antakalnis, and Antakalnis–Sapieginė hills in the north- east. It belongs to Pavilniai regional park. An extant water collection trench complex can be seen there. .