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Site description (2000 baseline)
A complex of brackish wetlands, close to the mouths of the rivers Bevano and Ghiaia, along the northern Adriatic coast, 10 km south-east of the town of Ravenna. The site includes the mouths of the rivers and the related coastal area including a stretch of open sea, the natural dune system, small lagoons, a pinewood Pinus, maquis, wet grasslands, mudflats and cultivated land. The main land-use is nature conservation.

Key biodiversity
An important breeding site for several waterbirds, and also notable for its migrating waders and wintering ducks and Fulica atra.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ortazzo and Ortazzino (Italy). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ortazzo-and-ortazzino-iba-italy on 23/12/2024.