Latorica

Latorica

  • Country: 
    Slovakia
  • Site number: 
    606
  • Area: 
    4,405 ha
  • Designation date: 
    26-05-1993
  • Coordinates: 
    48°29'N 22°01'E
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Overview

Latorica. 26/05/93; Trebisov; 4,405 ha; 48°29'N 022°04'E. Landscape Protection Area, Nature Reserve. The widest part of the Latorica River, including a well-developed network of oxbow lakes, tributaries, seasonal pools, reedbeds, marshes, wet meadows, pasture and floodplain forest. The site borders Ukraine. The area supports a rich wetland fauna of dragonflies (Odonata), amphibians, and nesting waterbirds. Human activities include fishing, hunting, forestry, livestock grazing, and haymaking. Area extended in 2003. Ramsar site no. 606. Most recent RIS information: 2006.

Administrative region: 
Kosice

  • National legal designation: 
    • National Nature Reserve nnr
    • Regional Territorial System of Ecological Stability R-TSES
    • nature reserve
    • protected landscape area
  • Last publication date: 
    01-01-2006

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