Data Zone
Country/territory: Latvia
IBA criteria met: C2 (2004)
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Area: 271 hectares (2.71 km2)
Site description (2004 baseline)
A shallow and highly eutrophic lake surrounded by wet meadows and farmland. First listed in the second national IBA inventory [1]. Fully protected: there is a 100% overlap with the newly designated Tasu lake restricted nature reserve, a candidate SPA.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Tasu lake (Latvia). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/tasu-lake-iba-latvia on 23/12/2024.