Stora Alvaret (Swedish:[ˈstûːraˈâlːvarɛt]; "the Great Alvar") is an alvar, a barren limestone terrace, in the southern half of the island of Öland, Sweden. Stora Alvaret is a dagger shaped expanse almost 40 kilometres (25 mi) long and about 10 kilometres (6 mi) at the widest north end. The area of this formation exceeds 260 square kilometres (100 sq mi), making it the largest such expanse in Europe and comprising over one fourth of the land area of the island.
Because of the thin soil mantle and high pH levels, a great assortment of vegetation is found including numerous rare species. Stora Alvaret is not devoid of trees, contrary to a common misconception; in fact, it holds a variety of sparse stunted trees akin to a pygmy forest.[1]
Stora Alvaret falls within UNESCO's Agricultural Landscape of Southern Öland, 56,323 hectares (217.46 sq mi), which was designated World Heritage Site due to its extraordinary prehistory.
^Hakan Sandbring and Martin Borg, Oland: Island of Stone and Green, May, 1997
StoraAlvaret (Swedish: [ˈstûːra ˈâlːvarɛt]; "the Great Alvar") is an alvar, a barren limestone terrace, in the southern half of the island of Öland, Sweden...
ship burial ground. Gettlinge is situated on the western fringe of the StoraAlvaret, a World Heritage Site designated by UNESCO. The site is readily visible...
limestone with thin soil mantles. The largest such expanse in Europe is the StoraAlvaret on the island of Öland, Sweden. Another area with large quantities of...
Ingleborough, and above Grange-over-Sands. They are also found in the StoraAlvaret in Öland, Sweden; in the Burren, County Clare, Ireland, the Great Northern...
covered limestone is known as calcareous grassland. Sweden Öland – StoraAlvaret – largest alvar extent in Europe Gotland Västergötland – several locations...
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island of Öland. Much of Öland's present day landscape known as the StoraAlvaret has been designated as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. This southern...
bushveld in South Africa; California’s coastal wetlands; and Sweden’s StoraAlvaret on the island of Öland. In this case also, careful inventories of species...
hunted since the Stone Age. Excavations in Alby, Sweden, adjacent to the StoraAlvaret have yielded moose antlers in wooden hut remains from 6000 BCE, indicating...
tip of Öland, Ottenby Öland 12 The Big Butterfly ("Den stora fjärilen") Öland, StoraAlvaret Öland 13 Little Karl's Island ("Lilla Karlsö") Lilla Karlsö...
been designated a world heritage site by UNESCO in the form of the StoraAlvaret nature reserve. This reserve is home to a vast number of rare and endangered...
perimeter highway, Route 136. Limestone was quarried from the local StoraAlvaret to produce the core of the present manor in the late 18th century, although...
growth can also occur in some cases of highly alkaline soils such as the StoraAlvaret (Great Alvar) formation on the island of Öland in Sweden. In that area...
the Öland Harvest Festival. Alby People Alvar Dry-stone wall Ringfort StoraAlvaret Price, T. Douglas (2015). Ancient Scandinavia: An Archaeological History...
Öland, Sweden. Hulterstad is situated at the eastern fringe of the StoraAlvaret, a limestone pavement habitat which hosts a diversity of rare plants...
July 14 at the Borgholm Sports Field. There are small reaches of the StoraAlvaret geological formation in the environs of Borgholm, which level exposures...
of Öland in the Baltic Sea is dominated by a vast limestone plateau, StoraAlvaret. The island has been inhabited for about five thousand years. The barren...
the native deer. The reserve is situated at the southern edge of the StoraAlvaret, a unique limestone pavement ecosystem designated as a World Heritage...
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