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Nitovikla

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30

16% trees around it and 12 species recorded.

35Forestyas Score

Forest

  • trees within 3 km16%
  • wild within 10 km90%
  • species recorded12

The forest around

16% trees.

Read like the rings of a cut trunk: from the centre out, the land within 1, 3, 6 and 10 km, coloured by what covers it.

Trees 14%Grassland 45%Cropland 41%Trees 16%Shrubland 0%Grassland 35%Water 30%Bare ground 1%Cropland 17%Built-up 0%Trees 21%Shrubland 1%Grassland 22%Water 47%Bare ground 0%Cropland 9%Built-up 0%Trees 22%Shrubland 0%Grassland 15%Water 54%Bare ground 0%Cropland 8%Built-up 0%16%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km14%
  • 1–3 km16%
  • 3–6 km21%
  • 6–10 km22%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees16%
  • Shrubland0%
  • Grassland35%
  • Water30%
  • Bare ground1%
  • Cropland17%
  • Built-up0%

ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m, from Sentinel satellites), sampled every 120 m. A clearing, a road or a lake counts as what it is.

Who lives here

12 species recorded.

The plants, fungi, birds and mammals people have recorded here most often.

Orchis italica
Orchis italicaOrchis italica4 recordsFernando Losada Rodríguez · CC BY-SA 4.0
Aizoanthemopsis hispanica
Aizoanthemopsis hispanicaAizoanthemopsis hispanica2 recordsPierre-Joseph Redouté · Public domain

Open records within 5 km (GBIF, licensed for any use). Busy places are better recorded than remote ones.

In numbers

The forest, measured.

35out of 100

Our own rating, from open data only: tree cover (40 points), wildness (20), species recorded (30) and protection or heritage (10).

  • 16%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 90%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 12Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km

When to walk

Best for walking in April.

How good each month is for a walk: mild days and little rain make the bar taller.

  1. Jan16°14°82 mm
  2. Feb16°14°54 mm
  3. Mar17°15°32 mm
  4. Apr20°17°19 mm
  5. May24°20°16 mm
  6. Jun28°24°5 mm
  7. Jul30°27°1 mm
  8. Aug31°28°2 mm
  9. Sep29°27°11 mm
  10. Oct26°24°26 mm
  11. Nov21°20°46 mm
  12. Dec18°16°91 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Nitovikla.

Archaeological site in Cyprus

Nitovikla is a forest in Cyprus.

Seen from space, 16% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 90% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

12 species have been recorded around it: 2 plants, 0 fungi, 10 birds and 0 mammals.

The best time to walk is in April.

Nitovikla seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30

Get there and walk

Plan the visit

A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.

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From above

The forest and its surroundings.

The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the trails, notable trees, picnic sites and huts that OpenStreetMap shows.

Nitovikla seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Seen from above: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6 × 6 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around, in OpenStreetMap

  • 4marked trails within 5 kmBeşparmak Trail and 3 more
  • 1viewpoints within 5 kmKRAL TEPESİ
  • 2campsites within 10 kmEnchanted campsite
  • 5places to stay within 10 kmTheresa Hotel, Balci plaza, HALKEN Dreamlife Sitesi and 2 more
  • named and notable trees within 6 km
  • picnic sites within 4 km
  • shelters and huts within 6 km
  • visitor centres within 6 km
  • car parks within 3 km
  • restaurants and cafés within 3 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.

In our other atlases

Around Nitovikla.

The mountains, lakes, rivers, waterfalls and canyons around this forest, the viewpoints above it, the birds and the night sky, in the family's atlases.

Peakyas27 mountains within 25 km
Akamas12 kmKakozonara12 kmMantra tou Koilanemo13 kmMazoulia16 kmAspromoutti17 kmSpiliris19 kmDrakontas23 kmKyra25 km
Islandyasthe island
Cyprus9,234 km²
Coastya1 beaches within 10 km
Barış Koyu9.6 km

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

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  • 90%Wild
  • 12Species

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Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q1993923) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species64 open records within 5 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only)
See these recordsgbif.org
Names and photosWikidata (CC0); GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
AltitudeCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Temperature and rainNASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2)
What is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Sister atlasesPeakyas, Islandyas, Coastya

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

The family

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