Evros River Delta

Evros River is the second largest river in the Balkans. Starting from the northern side of the Bulgarian Rila, crosses and waters the fertile plain of Eastern Rumelia, to reach the Thracian Sea, east of Alexandroupolis, covering a 515 km route. Arriving at sea, it carries huge volumes of material. It is estimated that these materials (soil, sand, mud, tree trunks) weight as many as 170,000 tons, extending to the sea shore and prevent the free flow of the river, forcing him to flow into many parts to the sea.

The area of the delta with many parts of the river, lakes, lagoons and islands, is one of the few survived wetlands in our country. With the great vegetation it binds huge quantities of carbon dioxide, stores or releases heat, thus regulating the micro climate of the area. A wide variety of flora and fauna can also be found in this area.

In the Evros Delta there have been identified 46 species of fish, 7 species of amphibians, 21 species of reptiles and more than 40 species of mammals (otters, wildcats, badgers, weasels, badgers, hedgehogs, squirrels, bats, etc.), while a huge number of birds use the delta as a permanent resident, a shelter during the winter months or as a rest area when moving from Northern Europe to Africa. 310 species have been recorded in the delta, which accounts for 74% of 420 bird species recorded in Greece.

All these make the Evros Delta, an extremely important habitat. Its importance is increased when combined with the proximity to other nearby habitat, the Dadia forest and surrounding mountains, where many predators such as sea-short-toed eagles, golden eagles come here to find their food. Pairs of black stork, the few that exist in Greece and nest in the surrounding hills, visit almost daily the wetland of the delta, which provides their food.

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