Warta-Widawka Landscape Park (''Park Krajobrazowy Międzyrzecza Warty i Widawki'') is a
protected area (
Landscape Park) in central
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...
.
The Park lies within
Łódź Voivodeship
Łódź Voivodeship (also known as Lodz Province, or by its Polish name ''Województwo łódzkie'' ) is a province- voivodeship in central Poland. It was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Łódź Voivodeship (1975–1999) and the Sier ...
: in
Łask County (
Gmina Widawa),
Sieradz County
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(
Gmina Burzenin,
Gmina Sieradz),
Wieluń County
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(
Gmina Konopnica) and
Zduńska Wola County
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Zduńska Wola County ( pl, powiat zduńskowolski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Łódź Voivodeship, central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local governm ...
(
Gmina Zapolice,
Gmina Zduńska Wola).
Characteristic
It was established in 1989. The total area is 25,330 ha. The subject of protection is the valleys of the Warta, Widawka and their tributaries together with the surroundings, as well as the natural vegetation accompanying these areas. In the central part of the park, there is an interesting hydrographic junction formed by the converging rivers: Widawka, Grabia and Nieciecz. The area of the park is distinguished in its surroundings by a varied topography, especially the picturesque gorges of the Warta River, where the relative heights of the slopes reach 45 meters (between Beleń and Strońsko), and old limestone formations appear on the surface. From the high shores, you can observe the vast panoramas of the valley, meandering sections of rivers, oxbow lakes, dune areas, peat bogs, wetlands with an abundance of marsh plants. Forests constitute less than 25% of the total area of the Park.
References
Warta-Widawka
Parks in Łódź Voivodeship
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