Karavasta Lagoon

Albania / Fier /
 wetland, lagoon, Ramsar site, national park
Karavasta is the largest wetland in Albania, with the Karavasta lagoon forming the largest part of the complex. The lagoon is shielded from the sea by a sandy bar (Divjaka) covered with pine forest dominated by Pinus pinaster and P. pinea. Karavasta comprises a shallow inner lagoon, and a smaller outer lagoon. The inner lagoon has many peninsulas and small, low islands with muddy shores and some areas of bare sand. A sandy bar covered by pines separates the two lagoons. In the inner lagoon only artisanal fishery is practised, but in the outer one there are more intensive fisheries.
The site is important for wintering waterbirds (45,000 individuals in 1996; 68,171 individuals in 1997) and for breeding colonial waterbirds, including Pelecanus crispus. The site is also potentially very important for the globally threatened Numenius tenuirostris.

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karavasta_Lagoon
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Coordinates:   40°56'3"N   19°29'8"E

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