Latorica Protected Landscape Area ( sk, Chránená krajinná oblasť Latorica) is the second lowland protected landscape area in

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...

. It is located in the south-eastern Slovakia, in the

Trebišov Trebišov ( hu, Tőketerebes; german: Trebischau; russian: Требишев) is a small industrial town in the easternmost part of Slovakia, with a population of around 25,000. The town is an administrative, economic and cultural center with machi ...

and

Michalovce Michalovce (; hu, Nagymihály, german: Großmichel, Romani: ''Mihalya'', Yiddish: ''Mikhaylovets'' or ''Mykhaylovyts''; uk, Михайлівці) is a town on the Laborec river in eastern Slovakia. Originally named after the Archangel St Micha ...

districts.

Geography, geology and ecology

The park is located around the Slovak part of

Latorica Latorica ( hu, Latorca; sk, Latorica, pronounced: ''Latoritsa''; uk, Латориця, translit.: ''Latorytsia'') is a river in the watershed of the Danube. Its source is in the Ukrainian Carpathians (Eastern Carpathian Mountains), near the vil ...

river and around lower part of

Ondava The Ondava is a river in eastern Slovakia, the northern source river of the Bodrog. Its source is in the Low Beskids (Eastern Carpathian Mountains), near the village Nižná Polianka, close to the border with Poland. The Ondava flows south throu ...

and

Laborec The Laborec ( ukr, Лаборець; hu, Laborc) is a river in eastern Slovakia that flows through the districts of Medzilaborce, Humenné, and Michalovce in the Košice Region, and the Prešov Region. The river drains the Laborec Highlands. ...

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 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 ...

list of wetlands of international importance This is the list of Wetlands of International Importance as defined by the Ramsar Convention for the conservation and sustainable use of wetlands, recognizing the fundamental ecological functions of wetlands and their economic, cultural, scientifi ...

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
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

External links

Protected landscape area Latorica
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Slovakia.travelLatorica Protected Landscape Area at The Slovak Nature Conservancy
Protected areas of Slovakia IUCN Category V Ramsar sites in Slovakia Protected areas established in 1990 1990 establishments in Slovakia Geography of Košice Region Tourist attractions in Košice Region {{Protected-area-stub