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GREECE: WETLANDS ECOSYSTEMS Among the wealth and variety of habitats that make up the Greek landscape, the wetlands
constitute a particularly significant unity: over 400 lakes, lagoons, fens, marshes,
river estuaries and aquatic environments of all kinds - seasonal or permanent, natural or
man-made-compose a web of unique ecological and aesthetic value. The National Park of the Prespes Lakes (Mikri Prespa and Megali Prespa). A wetland of international importance (RAMSAR) in northern Greece, about 45 kilometres from Florina in northwest Macedonia. A sacred place of natural beauty, where hundreds of wild animals and birds can be found living in their natural environment, expanding on thousands acres. Some of these species are unique in the world. |
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The Great Prespa (Megali Prespa) is the greatest lake of the Balkans, with an area of 188 sq.
km. It is divided between Greece (38sq. km.), FYROM (the biggest part, about lOOsq. km.)
and Albania. |
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Source: Tourist Guide of Greece® 2002 |
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