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Site description (2004 baseline):

A section of Ruja river flood-plain least affected by canalisation, drainage and abandonment. It consists of remnants of natural meanders with some ox-bows and open flood-plain meadows. Listed as an IBA since 2000 [2, 1]. Fully protected: there is a 100% overlap with the newly designated Ruja floodplain restricted nature reserve, a candidate SPA.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ruja flood-plain (Latvia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ruja-flood-plain-iba-latvia on 22/11/2024.