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Labudovo Okno
)'' , photo = Labudovo okno.jpg , photo_caption = Labudovo okno , location = municipalities of Bela Crkva and Kovin, Vojvodina, , nearest_city = Banatska Palanka , map = Serbia #Balkans #Europe , label = Labudovo okno , relief = 1 , map_caption = Labudovo okno , coords = , area_km2 = 37.33 , established = 1 May 2006 , visitation_num = , visitation_year = , governing_body = , url = , embedded = Labudovo okno ( sr, Лабудово окно) is a special nature reserve and a Ramsar site in Serbia. Location Labudovo okno is located east of Belgrade. It is situated along the Danube from the ada of Žilava to the Serbian-Romanian border. Except for the small patch of the Danube's right bank which is in Central Serbia, all of the reserve is located in the province of Vojvodina, in the municipalities of Kovin and Bela Crkva. It also marks the border between the regions of Banat on the north and Braničevo on the south. The name, Labudovo okno, in Serbian lite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bela Crkva, Banat
Bela Crkva ( sr-cyrl, Бела Црква, ; german: Weißkirchen; hu, Fehértemplom; ro, Biserica Albă) is a town and municipality located in the South Banat District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a population of 8,868, while the Bela Crkva municipality has 17,285 inhabitants. Bela Crkva lakes at the outskirts of the town are a popular summer tourist destination. Name The name of the town ''Bela Crkva'' means "white church" in Serbian. In Romanian, the town is known as ''Biserica Albă'' (formerly Albești), in German as ''Weißkirchen'', in Hungarian as ''Fehértemplom'' (formerly Fejéregyház), and in Turkish as ''Aktabya''. History Neolithic findings of ceramics and burial with Greek-style pots dating to late fifth century BC are founded in the area. The town was founded in 1717 when this region was included into the Habsburg monarchy. It was part of the Banatian Military Frontier of the Monarchy and, since 1774, was a seat of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karaš
The Karaš (in Serbian, also Cyrillic: Караш) or Caraș (in Romanian) is a long river in the Banat region of Vojvodina, Serbia and Romania and a left tributary of the Danube. The Karaš drains an area of and although it has been channeled it is not navigable. Name In Roman times the river was known as Apo, from a Thracian word meaning "water". The Hungarian name is ''Karas''. Romania The Caraș originates in the Anina Mountains, northeast of the town of Anina, close to the sources of the Bârzava and Nera rivers. It runs through Romania for , flowing to the north in its early reaches before turning southwest at the town of Carașova where it receives many short tributaries, most notably, the left tributary of the ''Lișava'', then passes many villages (including Giurgiova, Ticvaniu Mare, Grădinari, Vărădia, Mercina, Vrani) before it enters the Serbian province of Vojvodina. In Romania, its length is and its basin size is . Serbia Right after crossing the bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European White Water Lily
''Nymphaea alba'', the white waterlily, European white water lily or white nenuphar , is an aquatic flowering plant in the family Nymphaeaceae. It is native to North Africa, temperate Asia, Europe and tropical Asia (Jammu and Kashmir). Description It grows in water that is deep and likes large ponds and lakes. The leaves can be up to in diameter and take up a spread of per plant. The flowers are white and they have many small stamens inside. Taxonomy It was first published and described by Carl Linnaeus in his book ' Species Plantarum', on page 510 in 1753. The red variety (''Nymphaea alba'' f. ''rosea'') is cultivated from lake Fagertärn ("Fair tarn") in the forest of Tiveden, Sweden, where it was discovered in the early 19th century. The discovery led to large-scale exploitation which nearly made it extinct in the wild before it was protected. ''Nymphaea candida'' is sometimes considered a subspecies of ''N. alba'' (''N. alba'' L. subsp. ''candida'' ). Distributio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allium Flavum
''Allium flavum'', the small yellow onionEllen Spector Platt or yellow-flowered garlic, is a species of flowering plant in the genus ''Allium''. A bulbous herbaceous perennial, it is native to the lands surrounding the Mediterranean, Black, and Caspian Seas, from France + Morocco to Iran + Kazakhstan. Description ''Allium flavum'' produces one bulb, and a scape up to 40 cm tall. The Umbel contains bright yellow, bell shaped flowers with a pleasing scent. The Latin species epithet ''flavum'' means "yellow", referring to its flower colour.Archibald William Smith It flowers between June and July and is hardy to USDA zones 4 to 8. In cultivation in the UK, ''Allium flavum'' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit. Varieties and subspecies Numerous names have been proposed but only the following are accepted by the World Checklist * ''Allium flavum'' subsp. ''flavum'' - Turkey, central + southern Europe * ''Allium flavum'' subsp. ''ionochlorum' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glandular Globe-thistle
''Echinops sphaerocephalus'', known by the common names glandular globe-thistle, great globe-thistle or pale globe-thistle, is a Eurasian species of globe-thistle belonging to the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae. Description ''Echinops sphaerocephalus'' is a glandular, woolly perennial herbaceous plant with an average height of , occasionally reaching 200 cm (80 inches). Its erect branching, gray, slightly wrinkled and hairy stems bear the occasional large, soft, sharply toothed, sharp-lobed pointed green leaves. They are sticky hairy above, and white woolly below. Atop each stem is an almost perfectly spherical inflorescence up to 6 cm in diameter, packed with white or blue-gray disc florets. It flowers from June until September. The flowers are pollinated by insects (usually bees, wasps and butterflies) (entomogamy) and are hermaphrodite (self fertilization or autogamy). The fruits are hairy cylindrical achenes about 7 to 8 mm long. They ripen fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
