Litovelské Pomoraví

Litovelské Pomoraví

Country:
Czechia
Site number:
638
Area:
5,122.0 ha
Designation date:
26-10-1993
Coordinates:
49°42'N 17°04'59"E

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Litovelské Pomoraví. 02/11/93; Olomouc, Sumperk; 5,122 ha; 49°42'N 017°05'E. Added to the Montreux Record, 26 February 1997. Protected Landscape Area, National Nature Reserve, Nature Reserve. A complex of riverine wetlands and floodplain forests along the Morava River. Habitats include wet meadows, oxbow lakes and fishponds subject to seasonal flooding which determines the vegetation communities present. The site supports numerous species of notable plants, provides habitat for various breeding amphibians, birds and fish. The site was added to the Montreux Record in 1997, because water abstraction for domestic supply "exceeds the recovery capacity of the natural ecosystem", causing adverse ecological impacts. Human activities include intensive agriculture, forestry, and recreation (tourism, hunting). Ramsar site no. 638. Most recent RIS information: 1993.
Administrative region: Olomouc
National legal designation:
  • Protected Landscape Area - Litovelské Pomoraví
  • national nature reserve
Last publication date: 02-11-1993
Ramsar Information Sheet (RIS)