Rhine flats Breisach - Sasbach with Limberg (Germany) IBA | Summary

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Rhine flats Breisach - Sasbach with Limberg

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Country/territory: Germany

IBA criteria met: B1i, C3 (2002)
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Area: 1,140 hectares (11.40 km²)

NABU Nature And Biodiversity Conservation Union

Site description (2000 baseline)
The site comprises part of the former flood-plain of the now embanked River Rhine. Habitat-types include Quercus-Ulmus, Quercus-Carpinus and Populus forest, springs and large gravel-pits.

Key biodiversity
A nationally important site for breeding Alcedo atthis and for passage and wintering wildfowl.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Rhine flats Breisach - Sasbach with Limberg (Germany). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/rhine-flats-breisach--sasbach-with-limberg-iba-germany on 27/12/2024.