Data Zone
Country/territory: Belgium
IBA criteria met: C6 (2000)
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Area: 600 hectares (6.00 km2)
Site description (2000 baseline)
An extremely diverse area in the Striemerbeek valley, with heathland, marshes, oligotrophic and mesotrophic ponds, wet woodlands and inland dunes.
Key biodiversity
The IBA is a breeding site for reedbed species.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: De Maten (Belgium). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/de-maten-iba-belgium on 23/12/2024.