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Administratively, the Kluczbork County is divided into four communes,
namely Kluczbork, Wołczyn, Byczyna and Lasowice Wielkie - the first
three include urban and rural communes, the fourth one is the rural
commune.
The
Kluczbork County is situated in the „¦l±ska Lowlands by the River
Stobrawa - the right tributary of the River Odra in the northern part of
the Opole Province covering the south-western part of the country of the
ancient Piasts' (Polish dynasty of kings) Silesia Land. Due to its
situation as far as land configuration is concerned, the Kluczbork
County belongs to the lowland areas. Considerable part of its area does
not exceed the level of 250 m a.s.l. Thus, lowland areas are dominating
in the landscape and unevenness of the land - usually de-level-ling does
not exceed beyond 20 up to 40 m.
The area
of the Kluczbork County belongs to the warmest region of the
Nadodrzański Region. The annual air temperature in a year is +8.2 o C.
In comparison to the other regions of Poland, this is a high value. The
highest temperature occurs in the summer months: June, July, August with
the maximum temperature in July. The lo-west temperature has been
recorded in January. The period of thermal summer lasts over 90 days,
spring and autumn from 65 up to 70 days, winter from around 23 up to 30
days. On average, the total precipitation is running at the level from
600 up to 650 mm in a year and from 375 up to 430 mm in the period of
increased demand of plants for water, what on a countrywide scale makes
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The
area characteristics
temperate
values. The most precipitation, according to the carried out tests,
occurs in July, on average 95 mm in a month. Yet, the lowest
precipitation is recorded in the winter months, February and March -
respectively 32 mm and 34 mm. Over a year, on average there are 156 days
with the precipitation above 0.1 mm. The average relative humidity in a
year in the Kluczbork County is around 80 percent. This is a temperate
value with the tendency to high. In the average annual course, the
maximum humidity is recorded in the autumn and winter months: November
and December around 87% and 88%, yet the lowest humidity is recorded in
April around 74 percent, May about 75 percent and June 74 percent.
Western winds dominate with a considerable share of south-western winds
occurring in autumn and winter as well as north-western in spring and
summer. The winds are characterized by minor speed. The number of days
with strong winds is around 20.
Lycopodium claratum (Latin), wild pepper, periwinkle Nymphaea alba (latin
and have been numbered among the
"Red list of
vascular plants endangered in Poland". Numerous forests complexes are
very attractive for mushroom pickers, as there is a great abundance of
mushrooms here (boletus, chanterelle, Suillus (Latin), podgrzybek) as
well as undergrowth (bilberries), and at the same time forests full of
game, such as deers, wild boars, hares, foxes and martens. What
makes up a great attractiveness for hunters. The area of the county,
apart from the variety of the plant and animal world and abundance of
forests are characterized by natural resources, such as Wołczyńska brine
of the temperature of +43.3oC (chlorine, sodium, lime, bromine,
ferruginous and boron brine) having the certificate of the Minister of
Environmental Protection qualified for usage in balneology), gravel used
in construction, sand, peat, pure air, good water and many green areas.