ANNEX 13 Important Water-related Protected Areas for Species and Habitats of Basin-wide Importance
The water-related protected areas for species and habitat protection shown here represent provisional national designations. The final designation depends on the EU approval process.
Country River basin Name of protected area
Description
Protection type
Area (ha) Legal basis
Code*
GERMANY
Fauna-Flora-Habitat-Richtlinie
DE15
Donau
Donau zwischen Sigmaringen und Tuttlingen
River gorge and gallery forests of the Upper Danube
FFH area
4,896 (92/43/EWG)
Donauauen zwischen Ingolstadt und
Fauna-Flora-Habitat-Richtlinie
DE16
Donau
Danube gorge
FFH area
2,715
Weltenburg
(92/43/EWG)
FFH area with overlapping
Fauna-Flora-Habitat-Richtlinie
DE17
Donau
Donauauen zwischen Straubing und Vilshofen
4,548
bird area
(92/43/EWG)
Fauna-Flora-Habitat-Richtlinie
Isar
Untere Isar zwischen Landau und Plattling
FFH area incl. bird area
1,203 (92/43/EWG)
FFH area with overlapping
Fauna-Flora-Habitat-Richtlinie
DE18
Isar
Isarmündung
intact floodplain forest at the confluence of Isar and Danube
1,796
bird area
(92/43/EWG)
FFH area including bird
Fauna-Flora-Habitat-Richtlinie
Isar
Untere Isar oberhalb Mündung
Isar above the confluence with the Danube
964
area
(92/43/EWG)
FFH area partly
DE19
Isar
Starnberger See
important lake of alpine foothills
5,670 Vogelschutzrichtlinie (79/403/EWG)
overlapping with bird area
bird area with overlapping
DE20
Inn
Chiemseegebiet
alpine foothill lake with typical lowland, mires and reed belt
13,052 Vogelschutzrichtlinie (79/403/EWG)
partly FFH area
Fauna-Flora-Habitat-Richtlinie
DE21
Salzach
Nationalpark Berchtesgaden
northern limestone Alps (headwaters and lake Königssee)
FFH area and bird area
21,336 (92/43/EWG)
AUSTRIA
Salzach/Drau/Is Nationalpark Hohe Tauern without Bundesland
AT1
important headwaters for many alpine rivers
National Park
119,000 Nature protection Law (Länder/Bund)
el/Möll
Tirol
Nationalpark, Biosphärenreservat und Ramsar-
AT2T
Raab
shallow steppe lake; internationally important bird site
National Park
22,200 Nature protection Law (Länder/Bund)
Gebiet Neusiedler See - Seewinkel
AT3T
Thaya
Nationalpark Thayatal
transboundary gorge valley with meanders
National Park
1,330 Nature protection Law (Länder/Bund)
Nationalpark Donauauen im Ramsar-Gebiet
Donau
trilateral Ramsar site with floodplain forests and meadows
National Park
9,300 Nature protection Law (Länder/Bund)
Donau-March-Auen
Ramsar-Gebiet Untere Lobau im Nationalpark
AT4T
Donau
last intact floodplains of the Upper Danube
Biosphere Reserve
10,000 Nature protection Law (Länder/Bund)
Donauauen
Donau/March
Ramsar-Gebiet Donau- Marchauen
(see above)
Ramsar
38,500 Nature protection Law (Länder/Bund)
AT5
Lafnitz/Raab
Ramsar-Gebiet Lafnitztal
meandering prealpine river landscape with large meadows Ramsar
2,180 Nature protection Law (Länder/Bund)
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Country River basin Name of protected area
Description
Protection type
Area (ha) Legal basis
Code*
CZECH REPUBLIC
Nature protection Law no. 114/1992
CZ3T
Morava
Národní park Podyjí
transboundary gorge valley with meanders
National Park
6,300 designed by CR government decree
no. 164/1999
Nature protection Law no. 114/1992
CZ13
Morava
Chránená krajinná oblast Litovelské Pomoraví Extended floodplains of the middle Morava
Protected Landscape Area
9,600 CR Ministry of Environment Decree t
no. 464/1990
Nature protection Law no. 114/1992
CZ14
Morava
Chránená krajinná oblast Pálava
Dyje floodplain and Limestone rocks with steppe habitats
Protected Landscape Area
8,300 CR Ministry of Culture act no.
5790/1976
SLOVAK REPUBLIC
SK4T
Morava
Niva Moravy
Extended floodplain meadows of the lower Morava
prel. Natura 2000
5,380
Ramsar Site, Protected
SK45T
Vah
Horná Orava
peatlands of the Western Carpathians
9,264
Landscape Area
Natural World Heritage
transboundary karst caves and subterranean wetland
Site, Biosphere Reserve,
SK26T
Slana, Hornad
Slovenský kras, plus Domica
36,166
Domica
National Park (including
Ramsar Site)
largest preserved, primeval alder swamp forest in Central
Ramsar Site, National
SK46T
Dunaj
Súr
1,137
Europe
Nature Reserve
Ramsar Site, Potected
SK47T
Bodrog
Latorica
lowland floodplain meadows, forests and oxbow system
4,400
Landscape Area
Vah, Poprad a
Biosphere Reserve,
SK48
Vysoké Tatry
alpine headwaters of the Tatra mountains, alpine lakes
74,100
Dunajec
National Park
SK49
Hron
Slovensky raj
gorges valleys and caves of the central Slovak mountains
National Park
32,774
The largest Danube inland delta in Central Europe with
Ramsar, protected
SK50
Dunaj
Dunajské luhy
14,488
artificial hydrological system, floodplain forests, oxbows
landscape area
HUNGARY
HU25
Sio
Balaton
largest (steppe) lake of the DRB
Ramsar
59,800
Sio
Kis-Balaton
reed bed and succession area of the western Balaton
National Park, Ramsar
14,745
HU26T
Sajo
Baradla
transboundary karst cave system
National Park, Ramsar
2,075
large Danube hardwood floodplain forests and old meander
Duna
Gemenc (within Duna-Drava national park)
National Park, Ramsar
16,873
arms
large Danube hardwood floodplain forests and old meander
HU22T
Duna
Béda-Karapancsa (within Duna-Drava NP)
National Park, Ramsar
1,150
arms
Drava
Szaporcai Ó-Dráva-meder
lower Drava oxbow lake system within the Duna-Drava NP National Park, Ramsar
257
HU27
Tisza
Hortobágy-Halastó
puszta grasslands and bird site of inner Pannonian plain
National Park, Ramsar
2,072
HU2T
Rabca
Ferto-tó
transboundary steppe lake NP and Hansag reed beds
National Park, Ramsar
8,432
HU28
Dunav
Izsáki Kolon-tó
remaining former floodplain lake of the Danube
National Park, Ramsar
2,962
Ramsar, landscape
HU29
Bodrog
Bodrogzug
mouth of Bodrog river into Tisza floodplains
3,782
protection area
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Country River basin Name of protected area
Description
Protection type
Area (ha) Legal basis
Code*
SLOVENIA
headwaters of the Sava Dolinka and Sava Bohinjka, raised
SI51
Sava
Triglavski narodni park & Zelenci
National Park
84,000
bogs, Triglav mountain lakes and Bohinj lake
Notranjski trikotnik (including Cerknisko jezero, karst catchment of the Ljubljanica River a tributary to the
SI52
Ljubljanica
Planinsko polje, Pivska jezera, Planinska jama,
National Park
Sava River, endemic species
Krizna jama, Rakov Skocjan)
SI53
Sava
Krakovski gozd
floodplain forest, wet meadows, endangered species
partly, Nature Reserve
SI54
Mura
Mura z mrtvicami
ox-bows, riparian forest, floodplain wetlands
planned RP
CROATIA
mouth of Drava into Danube, most important softwood
HR22T
Dunav
Kopacki rit
Nature Park
22,894 Low of Nature protection
floodplain in DRB
largest floodplain with meadows and woods in the Sava
HR23
Sava
Lonjsko polje
Nature Park
50,600 Low of nature protection
basin
HR24
Korana
Plitvicka jezera
unique karst wetland with limestone-sinter terraces
National Park
29,482 Low of Nature Protection
BOSNIA I HERZEGOVINA
BA6
Vrbas
Ornitoloski rezervat Bardaca
Lower Sava floodplains
Nature Reserve
700 Law on Nature Protection, 1963
SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO
The Law on National Parks, RS Off.
CS38
Tara/Drina
Tara
Balkan mountains with gorge valley
National Park
19,175 Gazette No. 39/93
Decree on Protection of Gornje
CS22T
Danube
Gornje podunavlje
important floodplains of the middle Danube
Nature Reserve
19,648 Podunavlje Special Nature Reserve
(Off. Gazette RS, 45/01)
Salt water pool surrounded with the seasonally wet
Decree on Protection of Slano kopovo
CS39
Tisa
Slano kopovo
Nature Reserve
976
halophilous meadows
Special Nature Reserve
Decree on Protection of Koviljsko-
CS40
Dunav
Koviljsko-Petrovaradinski rit
important floodplains of the middle Danube
Nature Reserve
4,841 Petrovaradinski rit Special Nature
Reserve (Off. Gazette RS, 1998)
CS41
Sava
Obedska bara
old Sava meander with floodplain forests and reed beds
Ramsar
9,820
CS42
Sava
Zasavica
groundwater-fed floodplain habitats next to Sava
Nature Reserve
1,150
Decree on Protection of Ludasko
CS43
Tisa
Ludasko Jezero
Shallow lowland lake of aeolian type
Ramsar
328 jezero Special Nature Reserve (Off.
Gazette RS, 1994)
Decree on Protection of Stari Begej -
CS44
Tisa
Stari Begey-Carska Bara
Floodplain between Tisa and Begej
Ramsar
1,767 Carska bara Special Nature Reserve
(Off. Gazette RS, 1994)
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Country River basin Name of protected area
Description
Protection type
Area (ha) Legal basis
Code*
BULGARIA
Protected Areas Act from 11.11.1998
(PAA - 1998) Designated with a
BG7
Iskar river
Rila National park
eastern Balkan Karst with headwaters
National Park
81,046 decree N 114 of the Bulgarian Ministry
of Environment and Water
(PAA - 1998), Designated with a
BG8
Jantra river
Central Balkan National Park
eastern Balkan Karst with headwaters
National Park
71,669 decree N 843 of the Bulgarian Min. of
Environment and Water
(PAA - 1998),Designated with a
Danube river
Persina
Intact example of the Lower Danube floodplains
Nature Park
21,762 decree N RD 684 of the Bulgarian
BG9
Min. of Environment and Water
Danube river
Belene island complex
Example of Lower Danube floodplain islands
Ramsar
6,898
(PAA - 1998), Designated with a
Beli Lom,
BG10
Rusenski Lom
special river valley (Danube tributary)
Nature Park
3,259 decree N 567of the Bulgarian Min. of
Cherni Lom
Environment and Water
(PAA - 1998), Designated with a
BG11
Danube river
Kalimok Brashlen
Intact example of the Lower Danube floodplains
Protected Site
5,952 decree, No RD 451of the Bulgarian
Ministry of Environment and Water
(PAA - 1998), Designated with a
BG12
Danube river
Srebarna lake
Important example of Lower Danube floodplain lakes
Maintained reserve
1,357 decree No 11931of the Bulgarian
Ministry of Environment and Water
ROMANIA
RO32
Crisul Negru
Parcul Natural Apuseni
Carpathian mountains, headwaters
Natural Park
76,064 Order of Minister
RO33
Dunarea
Parcul Natural Balta Mica a Brailei
extended floodplain island on the lower Danube
Natural Park - Ramsar Site
20,455 Decision of the County Council
RO34
Jiu
Parcul National Retezat
Carpathian mountains, headwaters
National Park
38,138 Journal of the Ministries`s Council
RO35
Somesul Mare Parcul National Muntii Rodnei
Carpathian mountains, headwaters
National Park
47,227 Order of Minister
RO36
Dunarea
Parcul National Domogled - Valea Cernei
Carpathian mountains, headwaters
National Park
61,211 Decision of the County Council
Biosphere Reserve, World
RO37T
Dunarea
Rezervatia Biosferei Delta Dunarii
Danube delta
576,216 Decree
Heritage and Ramsar Site
MOLDOVA
Law on Fund of Natural Areas
MD30
Prut
Lacurile Prutului Inferior
riverine wetlands of the pontic ecoregion
Ramsar
19,153 Protected by State
Law on Fund of Natural Areas
MD31
Prut
Rezervatia stiintifica "Padurea Domneasca"
Scientific reservation "Padurea Domneasca"
Nature Reserve
6,032 Protected by State
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Country River basin Name of protected area
Description
Protection type
Area (ha) Legal basis
Code*
UKRAINE
UA55
Dunav
Kugurlui lake
unique liman lakes of the lower Danube
Ramsar
6,500
UA37T
Dunav
Kyliiske mouth (Danube delta)
morphologically most active part of the Danube delta
Biosphere reserve, Ramsar
32,800
* T = transboundary cooperation
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