Shatursky District

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Location of Shatursky District on the map of Moscow Oblast

Shatursky District (Russian: Шату́рский райо́н) is a district (raion) of Moscow Oblast, Russia. The area of the district is 2,715 km². Its administrative center is the town of Shatura. According to the population census, the population of the district in 2002 was 70,967.

[edit] Ecology

Just like in all of the Meshchera Lowlands, the district contains many forests, rivers, lakes, and swamps. Its forests are mostly coniferous and pine, and take about 1.38 km² (or 45%) of the total territory of the district.

There are about 48 different lakes located within the district (covering the territory of about 58.19 km²), including Svyatoye, Muromskoye, Velikoye, Karasevo, Spasskoye, Torbeyevskoye, Dolgoye, Glubokoye, and Dubovoye Lakes. There are also six different rivers that pass through its territory, the combined length of which is 189 kilometers.

The districts fires happen during the summer period. The most memorable ones were in 1972 and 2002.