Latorica Protected Landscape Area
{{Short description|Protected landscape area of Slovakia}}
{{Infobox Protected area
| name = Latorica Protected Landscape Area
CHKO Latorica
| iucn_category = V
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| location = South-eastern Slovakia, Eastern Slovak Lowland
| coordinates = {{coord|48|30|N|21|55|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| area = 231.98 km² (89.6 mi²)
| established = 25 June 1990
| governing_body = Správa CHKO Latorica (CHKO Latorica Administration) in Trebišov
}}
Latorica Protected Landscape Area ({{langx|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, 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: [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/363382542_Molluscs_Mollusca_of_the_Latorica_Protected_Landscape_Area_Eastern_Slovakia 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
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071221110759/http://www.slovakia.travel/entitaview.aspx?l=2&ami=108035&smi=108035&llt=1&idp=2331 Protected landscape area Latorica] at [https://web.archive.org/web/20071007141815/http://www.slovakia.travel/intropage.aspx?l=2&ami=0&smi=0&p=99 Slovakia.travel]
- [http://www.sopsr.sk/index.php?page=posobnost&id=26 Latorica Protected Landscape Area at The Slovak Nature Conservancy]
{{National parks of Slovakia}}
Category:Protected areas of Slovakia
Category:Ramsar sites in Slovakia
Category:Protected areas established in 1990
Category:1990 establishments in Slovakia
Category:Geography of Košice Region
Category:Tourist attractions in Košice Region
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