Carska bara (108)
Serbia, Europe
Site overview
KBA status: confirmed
Year of last assessment: 2009
National site name: Carska bara
Central coordinates: Latitude: 45.2990, Longitude: 20.3383
System: freshwater, terrestrial
Elevation (m): 75 to 85
Area of KBA (km2): 115.73894
Protected area coverage (%): 41.38
KBA classification: Regional
Legacy site: Yes
Site details
Site description: Stari Begej River and Carska bara represents authentic splice of water and terrestrial habitats of Pannonian plane. Entire area of Carska bara admistratively belongs to the Zrenjanin municipality (west central part of Banat district)situated near the mouth of the Begej river into the Tisa river. Habitat includes pools, fish-ponds, reedbeds, alkaline meadows and softwood forests. Ecka fishpond represents largest inland fishpond in Europe.
Rationale for qualifying as KBA: This site qualifies as a Key Biodiversity Area of international significance that was identified using previously established criteria and thresholds for the identification of Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBAs) and for which available data indicate that it does not meet global KBA criteria and thresholds set out in the Global Standard.
Delineation rationale: 2014-10-14 (BL Secretariat): following Puzović (2009), site area changed from 9300 ha to 11570 ha; coordinates changed from 45.267N 20.417E to 45°16'6'N 20°22'38'E.
Habitats
Land use: agriculture (15%) | fisheries/aquaculture (60%) | forestry (10%) | hunting (50%) | nature conservation and research (30%) | tourism/recreation (5%) | urban/industrial/transport (5%) | water management
| IUCN Habitat | Coverage % | Habitat detail |
|---|---|---|
| Wetlands(Inland) | 65 | |
| Artificial - Terrestrial | 20 | |
| Forest | 10 | |
| Grassland | 5 |