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Neretva Delta
Delta of the Neretva river in Croatia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Neretva Delta is the river delta of the Neretva, a river that flows through Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia and empties in the Adriatic Sea. The delta is a unique landscape in southern Croatia,[2] and a wetland that is listed under the Ramsar Convention as internationally important, as the wetland extends into the Hutovo Blato in Herzegovina.[3]
Neretva Delta | |
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![]() Neretva Delta, near the estuary, Lower Neretva | |
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Physical characteristics | |
Mouth | |
• coordinates | 43.01971°N 17.44523°E / 43.01971; 17.44523 |
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Official name | Neretva River Delta |
Designated | 18 January 1993 |
Reference no. | 585[1] |
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The total alluvial area of the delta is estimated at around 19,000 ha (73 sq mi),[4] while today the delta takes up roughly 11,490 ha (44.4 sq mi).[5]
A total of 1,620 ha (6.3 sq mi) of the delta are designated protected areas:[6][7]
- ornithological reserves: Prud, Orepak, Podgredom
- ornithological and ichthyological reserve at the river mouth
- protected landscape: lake Modro oko
An additional 1200 ha of nature in the delta is not protected.[6] In 2003, the Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning organized a public discussion about the proposal to make the delta a nature park.[8] In 2007, the experts from the State Institute for Nature Protection made another formal proposal for the Neretva Delta to become a nature park.[7][9] A public discussion process was started but quickly terminated by the Ministry of Culture, allegedly because of protests from the local government.[10]