Desna settlement hromada

The Desna settlement hromada is located in the southwest of Chernihiv Raion. The hromada is located between the Dnipro River (west) and the Desna River (east). The hromada includes part of the Kyiv Reservoir.^[3][4]

Area – 710.0 km². ^[5]The territory of the hromada is located within the Dnieper Lowland. The relief of the surface of the district is a lowland plain, sometimes dissected by river valleys.^[6]

The climate of Desna settlement hromada is moderately continental, with warm summers and relatively mild winters. The average temperature in January is about -7°C, and in July - +19°C. The average annual precipitation ranges from 550 to 660 mm, with the highest precipitation in the summer period.^[7]

The most common are sod-podzolic and meadow soils. The Desna settlement hromada is located in the natural zone of mixed forests, in Polissya. The main species in the forests are pine, oak, alder, ash, birch. Minerals – loam, peat, sand. ^[8][9]

On the territory of the Desnyansk territorial community there is a hydrological natural monument of national importance "Holy Lake", an area of 70 hectares, and the Mizhrichynskyi Regional Landscape Park, an area of 78.3 thousand hectares.^[4][10]

• List of hromadas of Ukraine