Danube River Basin District: Important Water-related Protected Areas for Species and Habitat Protection
MAP 16
LEGEND
Danube River Basin District (DRBD)
Danube
Tributaries (river basins > 4,000 km2)
Cities:
Lakes (surface area > 100 km2)
> 1,000,000 inhabitants
Black Sea Coastal Catchments
250,000 - 1,000,000 inhabitants
Lagoons (surface area > 100 km2)
100,000 - 250,000 inhabitants
Habitat and species protection areas
(< 10,000 ha, 10,000 - 50,000 ha,
>50,000 ha)
Transboundary co-operation
Canals
National borders
The water-related protected areas for species and habitats shown here represent provisional national designations. The final designation depends on the EU approval process.
Product of ICPDR, Vienna
This product includes geographical data licensed from European National Mapping Agencies. EuroGlobalMap v1.0 (EuroGeographics) was used as the basic topographic layer for DE, AT, CZ, IT, SI and HR. The data for the other countries is based on
VMAP Level 0 data from NIMA. The outer border of the DRBD is based on national information from DE, AT, CH, CZ, SK, SI, HR, BA, CS, BG, RO, UA and MD. For PL, AL, MK and IT the data of the European Commission (Joint Research Centre) was used.
Prepared by FLUVIUS, Vienna, June 2005; The production of this map was financially supported by