RU1183
Flood-plain of river Vetluga


Country/territory: Russia (European)

IBA criteria met: B1i (2000)
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Area: 125,970 hectares (1,259.70 km2)


Site description (2004 baseline)
Flood-plain of the River Vetluga within Kostroma region from Sharya to the boundaries of Nizhni Novgorod region.

Key biodiversity
A breeding and passage site for geese and ducks. The B1i criterion is applied at site-level rather than at species-level, as recent count data are not available for any bird species. The site may also prove to fulfil the A4i criterion once systematic counts have been made.

Non-bird biodiversity: Lutra lutra, Vipera berus.Rubus arcticus.

Acknowledgements
The map polygon is provided courtesy of the Spatial Database on Important Bird Areas of Russia 2014 (© Russian Bird Conservation Union, © Transparent World).


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Flood-plain of river Vetluga (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/flood-plain-of-river-vetluga-iba-russia-(european) on 14/12/2024.