Barycz Valley Landscape Park (''Park Krajobrazowy Dolina Baryczy'') is a
protected area
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(
Landscape Park) in south-western
Poland
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. Established in 1996, it covers an area of .
The Park is shared between two
voivodeships
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:
Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Lower Silesian Voivodeship, or Lower Silesia Province, in southwestern Poland, is one of the 16 voivodeships (provinces) into which Poland is divided. The voivodeship was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Wrocław, Legnica, Wałbrz ...
and
Greater Poland Voivodeship. Within Lower Silesian Voivodeship it lies in
Milicz County
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Milicz County ( pl, powiat milicki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local governm ...
(
Gmina Milicz
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Gmina Milicz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Milicz County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Milicz, which lies approximately north of the regional capital Wrocław.
The ...
,
Gmina Cieszków
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Gmina Cieszków is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Milicz County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Cieszków, which lies approximately north-east of Milicz, and north of the re ...
,
Gmina Krośnice),
Oleśnica County (
Gmina Twardogóra) and
Trzebnica County (
Gmina Trzebnica
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Gmina Trzebnica is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Trzebnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Trzebnica, which lies approximately north of the regional capital Wrocła ...
,
Gmina Prusice
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Gmina Prusice is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Trzebnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Prusice, which lies approximately north-west of Trzebnica, and north of th ...
,
Gmina Żmigród). Within Greater Poland Voivodeship it lies in
Ostrów Wielkopolski County (
Gmina Odolanów
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Gmina Odolanów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrów Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Odolanów, which lies approximately south of Ostrów Wielkopols ...
,
Gmina Przygodzice
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Gmina Przygodzice is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrów Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Przygodzice, which lies approximately south of the town of Ostró ...
,
Gmina Sośnie
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Gmina Sośnie is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrów Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Sośnie, which lies approximately south of Ostrów Wielkopolski and ...
).
The Park includes the
Milicz Ponds
The Milicz Ponds ( pl, Stawy Milickie) are a group of about 285 fish ponds in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland, in the valley of the river Barycz, close to the towns of Milicz and Żmigród. The ponds cover a total area of ab ...
(''Stawy Milickie'') nature reserve, which is a protected
Ramsar Ramsar may refer to:
* Places so named:
** Ramsar, Mazandaran, city in Iran
** Ramsar, Rajasthan, village in India
* Eponyms of the Iranian city:
** Ramsar Convention concerning wetlands, signed in Ramsar, Iran
** Ramsar site, wetland listed in a ...
wetland site.
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References
Barycz Valley
Parks in Greater Poland Voivodeship
Parks in Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Natura 2000 in Poland
Protected areas established in 1996
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