Neretva Delta
| Neretva Delta | |
|---|---|
Neretva Delta, near the estuary, Lower Neretva | |
Neretva Delta Neretva Delta (Dinaric Alps) | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | |
• coordinates | 43°01′11″N 17°26′43″E / 43.01971°N 17.44523°E |
| Designations | |
|---|---|
| Official name | Neretva River Delta |
| Designated | 18 January 1993 |
| Reference no. | 585[1] |
Neretva Delta is the river delta of the Neretva, a river that flows through Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia and empties in the Adriatic Sea. The delta is a unique landscape in southern Croatia,[2] and a wetland that is listed under the Ramsar Convention as internationally important, as the wetland extends into the Hutovo Blato in Herzegovina.[3]
The total alluvial area of the delta is estimated at around 19,000 ha (73 sq mi),[4] while today the delta takes up roughly 11,490 ha (44.4 sq mi).[5]
A total of 1,620 ha (6.3 sq mi) of the delta are designated protected areas:[6][7]
- ornithological reserves: Prud, Orepak, Podgredom
- ornithological and ichthyological reserve at the river mouth
- protected landscape: lake Modro oko
An additional 1200 ha of nature in the delta is not protected.[6] In 2003, the Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning organized a public discussion about the proposal to make the delta a nature park.[8] In 2007, the experts from the State Institute for Nature Protection made another formal proposal for the Neretva Delta to become a nature park.[7][9] A public discussion process was started but quickly terminated by the Ministry of Culture, allegedly because of protests from the local government.[10]
References
- ^ "Neretva River Delta". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ Jasmina Mužinić (2007). "The Neretva Delta: Green Pearl of Coastal Croatia". Croatian Medical Journal. 48 (2): 127–129. PMC 2121601.
- ^ Ljubenkov, Igor; Vranješ, Mijo (April 2012). "Numerical model of stratified flow – case study of the Neretva riverbed salination (2004)". Građevinar (in Croatian). 64 (2). Zagreb: Croatian association of civil engineers: 103. ISSN 0350-2465. Retrieved 2012-05-15.
- ^ Todorović, Bojan (2005-04-28). "Delta Neretve - od močvare do intenzivne poljoprivrede" (in Croatian). Hrvatsko geografsko društvo. Archived from the original on 2010-06-18. Retrieved 2012-05-15.
Meliorativne zone Donje Neretve sa brutto i netto površinom (u ha) [...] ERCEG, J., 2003.: Stanje hidromelioracijskih sustava na slivnom području Neretve-Donja Neretva, stručno-znanstveni skup- "Stanje i održivi razvoj hidromelioracijskih sustava u Hrvatskoj-Preduvjet razvoja poljoprivrede", 28. i 29. listopada 2003., Zagreb.
- ^ a b "Ornitološka zbirka" (in Croatian). City of Metković Tourist Board. 2001. Retrieved 2012-05-15.
- ^ a b "Delta Neretve kao park prirode" (PDF) (in Croatian). State Institute for Nature Protection (Croatia). February 2008. Retrieved 2012-05-15.
- ^ "Delta Neretve uskoro postaje parkom prirode" (in Croatian). Index.hr. 2003-03-19. Retrieved 2012-05-16.
- ^ "Baseline study for permanent protection". State Institute for Nature Protection (Croatia). Retrieved 2012-05-16.
Name of the area: Neretva Delta; Category: Nature park; Year of expert base proposal: 2007
- ^ "Misteriozno otkazano javno izlaganje" (in Croatian). www.metkovic.hr. 2007-06-01. Retrieved 2012-05-15.