Current view: Text account
Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
A large plain enclosed by high mountains and traversed by the Nehil stream. A large permanent marsh is located in the south-east; temporary marshes and grasslands are found along the river. Large areas are subject to spring flooding. Human activities include extensive grazing and reed-cutting (`Other' land-use).
Pre-1989 data indicate that
Ardea purpurea,
Circus aeruginosus,
Grus grus and
Otis tarda bred, and it is likely that they continue to do so.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
In 1993 DSÝ completed a flood-protection scheme by draining 2,095 ha˜marshes and wet grassland in the western and central part of the plain were largely destroyed. An irrigation reservoir is under construction on one of the inflowing streams, possibly leading to the loss of several thousand hectares of natural habitat. The influx of new settlers into Yüksekova has accelerated in recent years, increasing pressure on the wetland.
National None
International None
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Yüksekova (Türkiye). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/yüksekova-iba-türkiye on 27/12/2024.
