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Buna River-Velipojë Protected Landscape

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occurs in the woodlands and marshes of the riverine floodplains. The coastline, dotted with sand dunes, offers great feeding opportunities for the
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has been identified within its waters and prefers the coastal waters and river deltas. Two species are outstanding, though, the
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Giuliano Fanelli, Michele De Sanctis, Ermelinda Gjeta, Alfred Mullaj and Fabio Attorre (2015).
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The region is explicitly marked by a relatively flat and shallow landscape supplied with
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at that season for hundreds of species between the Adriatic Sea and the innland.
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characterized by warm to dry-hot summers and mild-wet to rainy winters.
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Topics related to the Buna River-Velipoja Protected Landscape
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The Mediterranean Wetlands Initiative (31 January 2018).
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around the region as feeding habitats during autumn.
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of international importance by designation under the
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Archived from 494:Fletorja Zyrtare e Republikës së Shqipërisë 1232: 1218: 1210: 949: 935: 927: 905: 591:"RRJETI I ZONAVE TË MBROJTURA NË SHQIPËRI" 18: 325:, the river of Buna is an outflow of the 1488: 1402:Buna River Velipojë Protected Landscape 730: 728: 485: 210:Buna River-Velipojë Protected Landscape 22:Buna River-Velipojë Protected Landscape 770: 710: 1534:Tourist attractions in Shkodër County 218:Peisazh i Mbrojtur Lumi Buna-Velipojë 7: 600:(in Albanian). Tirana. pp. 1–3. 291:, because it supports extraordinary 283:, the landscape is, in addition, an 115: 1549:Protected areas established in 2005 194:National Agency of Protected Areas 14: 587:Ministria e Mjedisit e Shqipërisë 438:which nest in the beaches of the 1491: 911: 884:. pp. 82–83. Archived from 418:species live in the region. 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IUCN category

Buna River
Shkodër
Map showing the location of Buna River-Velipojë Protected Landscape
Map showing the location of Buna River-Velipojë Protected Landscape
Shkodër County
Shkodër
41°56′6″N 19°27′1″E / 41.93500°N 19.45028°E / 41.93500; 19.45028
National Agency of Protected Areas
www.livingbuna.org
Albanian
protected landscape area
Albania
estuary
Drin
lagoon
Viluni
Buna
gulf
Drin
Velipojë
Adriatic Sea
International Union for Conservation of Nature
wetland
Ramsar Convention
European Green Belt
Important Bird
Plant Area
threatened

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