Koporski Bay (1430)
Russia (Central Asian), Central Asia
Site overview
KBA status: confirmed
Year of last assessment: 2007
National site name: Koporskaya Guba
Central coordinates: Latitude: 59.8225, Longitude: 28.7625
System: marine, terrestrial
Area of KBA (km2): 95.51517
Protected area coverage (%): 2.96
KBA classification: Regional
Legacy site: Yes
Site details
Site description: One of the bays in the Gulf of Finland, which has a number of sandy beaches partly covered by reedbeds.
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: 2014-08-12 (BL Secretariat): centroid coords adjusted to 59°49'21'N 28°45'45'E and site area changed to (or confirmed as) 9550 ha (rounded), on basis of refined polygon downloaded from Spatial Database on Important Bird Areas of Russia 2014 (© Russian Bird Conservation Union, © Transparent World).
Habitats
Land use: fisheries/aquaculture (80%) | hunting (90%) | military (10%) | tourism/recreation (50%) | urban/industrial/transport (5%)
| IUCN Habitat | Coverage % | Habitat detail |
|---|---|---|
| Marine Intertidal | 23 | |
| Marine Neritic | 23 | |
| Forest | 5 | |
| Wetlands(Inland) | 23 | |
| Marine Coastal/Supratidal | 23 | |
| Shrubland | 5 |
Additional information
References: I.B.Savinich, S.P.Rezvyi
Contributors: The map polygon is provided courtesy of the Spatial Database on Important Bird Areas of Russia 2014 (© Russian Bird Conservation Union, © Transparent World).