Latorica, Košice region, Slovakia
The Latorica Protected Landscape Area (Chránená krajinná oblasť Latorica) is located in the Košice Region in south east Slovakia around the Slovakian part of the Latorica River (a river in the watershed of the Danube with its source in the mountains of the Ukrainian Carpathians) and around the lower parts of the Ondava River and Laborec River.
The landscape consists of a system of riverbeds surrounded by alluvial riverine oak, ash, alder and birch forest, oxbow lakes, ponds, marshes, reedbeds, sandy banks, dyke-lined canals, pastures and hay meadows. Much of the surrounding floodplain is farmed.
The Latorica Protected Landscape Area was designated in 1990 and covers an area of 90 square miles. Part of the area was added to the Ramsar List of Wetlands of International Importance in 1993.
Date: 2nd June 2017
Location: Leles to Boľ area, Latorica, Košice region, Slovakia
The landscape consists of a system of riverbeds surrounded by alluvial riverine oak, ash, alder and birch forest, oxbow lakes, ponds, marshes, reedbeds, sandy banks, dyke-lined canals, pastures and hay meadows. Much of the surrounding floodplain is farmed.
The Latorica Protected Landscape Area was designated in 1990 and covers an area of 90 square miles. Part of the area was added to the Ramsar List of Wetlands of International Importance in 1993.
Date: 2nd June 2017
Location: Leles to Boľ area, Latorica, Košice region, Slovakia
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