Lonjsko Polje (

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: ''Lonja Field'') is the largest protected

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in both

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and the entire

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. It covers an area of , extending along the river

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from the areas east of Sisak, the lower course of the river

Lonja Lonja is a river in central Croatia, a left tributary of the Sava. It is long and its basin covers an area of . The Lonja rises in the Kalnik mountain in northern Croatia, southeast of Novi Marof, at . It flows westward until turning south near ...

for which it is named, to the areas west of

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, along the course of the river Veliki Strug. The area of Lonjsko Polje is designated a

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(''park prirode''), a kind of

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in Croatia. The institution was established in 1998, and it is based in the village of Jasenovac. According to the criteria of the Birds Directive of the

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, the park is an important habitat for

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s (Important Birds Area - IBA).

References

External links

Lonjsko Polje website
Nature parks of Croatia Ramsar sites in Croatia Protected areas of Sisak-Moslavina County Landforms of Sisak-Moslavina County {{Europe-protected-area-stub

See also

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