Confluence of the Morava (March) and Dyje (Thaya) rivers - Tvrdonicko (41)
Czechia, Europe
Site overview
KBA status: confirmed
Year of last assessment: 2002
National site name: Soutok - Tvrdonicko
Central coordinates: Latitude: 48.7000, Longitude: 16.9667
System: terrestrial
Elevation (m): 146 to 168
Area of KBA (km2): 95.79325
Protected area coverage (%): 98.53
KBA classification: Global/Regional TBD
Legacy site: Yes
Site details
Site description: The IBA includes the confluence of the Morava (March) and Dyje (Thaya) rivers south of Lanhot. It is a complex of woods of various age, woodland clearings, and meadows with solitary oaks crossed by a network of canals, oxbows, streams, and swamps. The most common wood species of the drier areas are the Pedunculate Oak, the Narrow-leaved Ash, and the European White Elm. At waterlogged areas the White Willow and poplars prevail. Spring floods are a typical phenomenon of this area. The whole area serves as a deer park where red and fallow deer are bred.
Rationale for qualifying as KBA: This site qualifies as a Key Biodiversity Area of international significance because it meets one or more previously established criteria and thresholds for identifying sites of biodiversity importance (including Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas, Alliance for Zero Extinction sites, and Key Biodiversity Areas)
Additional biodiversity: TIt is one of the most important ornithological sites in the whole country. The area is an impotrant breeding and wintering site as well as migration stopover - 240 bird species have been recorded there. It is the Czech republic's only breeding site of the Imperial Eagle.
Habitats
Land use: agriculture (5%) | forestry (80%) | hunting (90%) | nature conservation and research (1%)
| IUCN Habitat | Coverage % | Habitat detail |
|---|---|---|
| Artificial - Terrestrial | 26 | |
| Forest | 56 | |
| Grassland | 11 | |
| Wetlands(Inland) | 7 |