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Site description (2001 baseline):
Site location and context
Mouth of Samur river located on the south of Dagestan Republic, near the border with Azerbaidzhan. This area includes reedbeds in the Samur river mouth and its associated channels as well as is the largest part of the only remaining dry subtropical forests along the Caspian cost.
Increasing level of the Caspian is a threat (Natural events).
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: Mouth of Samur river (Russia (European)). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mouth-of-samur-river-iba-russia-(european) on 27/12/2024.
