Latorica Protected Landscape Area ( sk, Chránená krajinná oblasť Latorica) is the second lowland
protected landscape area in
Slovakia. It is located in the south-eastern Slovakia, in the
Trebišov and
Michalovce districts.
Geography, geology and ecology
The park is located around the Slovak part of
Latorica river and around lower part of
Ondava and
Laborec rivers. The landscape area consists of the system of riverbeds and arms, surrounded by alluvial forest and wetlands. The most noticeable phenomenon of the PLA is the rare water and swamp
biocenose
A biocenosis (UK English, ''biocoenosis'', also biocenose, biocoenose, biotic community, biological community, ecological community, life assemblage), coined by Karl Möbius in 1877, describes the interacting organisms living together in a hab ...
, unique in Slovakia.
A part of river's watershed ("Ramsar site No. 606", 44.05 km²) was added to the
Ramsar list of wetlands of international importance since 1993.
Fauna
There were recorded 82 species of molluscs in the Latorica PLA: 36 species of terrestrial gastropods and 46 species of freshwater molluscs.
[Čejka T. & Černecký J., 2021]
Molluscs (Mollusca) of the Latorica Protected Landscape Area (Eastern Slovakia)
– In: Invertebrates of the Latorica Protected Landscape Area, Panigaj Ľ., Tajovský K. & Mock A. (eds) SNC SR Banská Bystrica and Administration of the Latorica PLA Trebišov, pp. 32–61.
Due to the location and character of this PLA, the area is used by waterfowl, not only for nesting, but also, in the case of migratory birds, for short rests.
References
External links
Protected landscape area Latoricaa
Slovakia.travelLatorica Protected Landscape Area at The Slovak Nature Conservancy
Protected areas of Slovakia
IUCN Category V
Ramsar sites in Slovakia
Protected areas established in 1990
1990 establishments in Slovakia
Geography of Košice Region
Tourist attractions in Košice Region
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