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Site description (2004 baseline)
The site consists of the Salaca river valley with many sandstone cliff outcrops along its predominantly forested or forest-lined banks. The area also includes a mosaic of open farmland. New IBA, listed for the first time under the IBA C criteria. Almost fully protected: there is a 98.3% overlap with Salaca valley nature park, a candidate SPA. The gap between IBA and pSPA boundaries is mostly due to differences in methods in boundary setting.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Salaca valley (Latvia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/salaca-valley-iba-latvia on 23/01/2025.