RU1122
Kalachskaya Loop of Don River


Country/territory: Russia (European)
Subnational region(s): Volgograd region

IBA Justification: B2 (2007)

Area: 109,895 hectares (1,098.95 km2)

© OpenStreetMap contributors
Scale = 1 : 867K
20 km
10 mi

Site description (2001 baseline)
Forest and steppe habitats bordering the left bank of the River Don with steep slopes.

Key biodiversity
Only a short survey was carried out in 1996, so bird information is incomplete.

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 (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kalachskaya Loop of Don River (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kalachskaya-loop-of-don-river-iba-russia-(european) on 11/01/2025.