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Lake Adamovas Nature Park | |
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IUCN category II (
national park) | |
Location | Latvia |
Coordinates | 56°34′N 27°24′E / 56.567°N 27.400°E |
Area | 761 ha (1,880 acres) [1] |
Established | 1977 |
Adamovas Lake Nature Park is a specially protected nature territory Rēzekne district Vērēmi Parish. [2] Includes Lake Adamovas , [3] part of Lake Vizulītis and Burzava Hills part between these lakes with 203.5 m high Sarkaņkolns . The protected area was established in 1977 as a complex nature reserve in the area of 441 ha "Lake Adamova with the surrounding landscape", was reorganized in 1998 into a nature reserve. Natura 2000 site. A popular place to relax. [4]
Protected habitats of European importance include natural eutrophic lakes with submerged aquatic and floating vegetation, European black alder ( Alnus glutinosa), boreal forests, mixed broadleaf forests.
Three rare species has been discovered in lake Adamovas since the end of the 19th century. In 20th century the eight-stamen waterwort ( Elatine hydropiper) has disappeared from the lake due to water level lowering and pollution. Two other rare species – least water-lily ( Nuphar pumila) and common rivergrass ( Scolochloa festucacea) are thriving well almost everywhere on the lake. [5]
Lake Adamovas and its surroundings are feeding ground for a number of bats species, including the European pond bat ( Myotis dasycneme).