Belene Islands Complex Ramsar Site

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 Ramsar site, invisible, Natura 2000
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Belene Islands Complex Ramsar Site is under Natura 2000 (SPA, SAC), Managed Reserve, Nature Park. The Ramsar Site has been extended by 11,432 ha with the inclusion of additional islands and agricultural lands on the Danube river banks.
Site number: 1226
Area: 18,330 ha
Designation date: 24-09-2002
The Site is formed by a complex of one big island (Belene) and nine smaller islands, characterized by freshwater marshes, seasonally-flooded riverine forests, and agricultural and semi-natural land cut by drainage channels.

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Coordinates:   43°39'20"N   25°4'55"E
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