Wda Landscape Park (''Wdecki Park Krajobrazowy'') is a
protected area
Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural, ecological or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the ena ...
(
Landscape Park) in north-central
Poland, established in 1993, covering an area of . It takes its name from the
Wda
The Wda (german: Schwarzwasser) is a river in Poland; it has a lowland character. The Wda is one of the 15 main canoe trails in Poland. It is 198 km long and the surface of its catchment area amounts to 2325 km2. The Wda's average gra ...
river.
The Park lies within
Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship: in
Åšwiecie County (
Gmina Drzycim,
Gmina Jeżewo,
Gmina Lniano,
Gmina Osie
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Gmina Osie is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Åšwiecie County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Osie, which lies approximately north of Åšwiecie, north-east of Bydgoszcz, an ...
,
Gmina Warlubie) and
Tuchola County (
Gmina Cekcyn,
Gmina Åšliwice
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Gmina Åšliwice is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Åšliwice, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Åšliwice, which lies approximatel ...
). Within the Landscape Park are five
nature reserves.
The Park (together with the
Tuchola,
Wdzydze and
Zaborski Landscape Parks) forms the buffer zone of the
Tuchola Forest Biosphere Reserve
The Tuchola Forest, also known as Tuchola Pinewoods or Tuchola Conifer Woods, (the latter a literal translation of pl, Bory Tucholskie; csb, Tëchòlsczé Bòrë; german: Tuchler or Tucheler Heide) is a large forest complex near the town of Tuch ...
, designated under the UNESCO
Man and the Biosphere Programme in 2010. The core area of the Biosphere Reserve consists of
Tuchola Forest National Park and the
nature reserves lying within the Landscape Parks of the buffer zone.
History
After the construction of the hydroelectric power plant in Żura in 1930, as a result of damming the Wda and flooding the estuary sections of its tributaries, the Żurski Reservoir with an area of 440 ha was created. This resulted in a rise in the water level and a connection of the Wda river with two flooded depressions of the area, i.e. the present lakes Wierzchy and Mukrza. In this way, numerous picturesque islands were created in the Zalew Żurski. The most famous of them is Madeira.
References
Wda
The Wda (german: Schwarzwasser) is a river in Poland; it has a lowland character. The Wda is one of the 15 main canoe trails in Poland. It is 198 km long and the surface of its catchment area amounts to 2325 km2. The Wda's average gra ...
1993 establishments in Poland
Parks in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship
Protected areas established in 1993
Åšwiecie County
Tuchola County
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