Madatapa Managed Reserve (Georgian: მადათაფის ტბის აღკვეთილი) is a protected area in Ninotsminda Municipality in Samtskhe-Javakheti region of Georgia. It protects Madatapa Lake situated in the south-eastern part of the volcanic Javakheti Plateau, at an altitude of 2108 m above sea level.[2]

Madatapa Managed Reserve is part of Javakheti Protected Areas which also includes Javakheti National Park, Kartsakhi Managed Reserve, Sulda Managed Reserve, Khanchali Managed Reserve, Bugdasheni Managed Reserve.[3]

Pelicans at Madatapa lake.

Fauna

Madatapa Lake is one of the most important in Georgia for breeding and staging waterbirds such as the endangered Dalmatian pelican.[4] Since 2020 the Lake has been designated as a protected Ramsar site.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Madatapa Lake". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  2. ^ Madatapa in Georgia Protected Planet
  3. ^ Javakheti Protected Areas Administration
  4. ^ Evans, M. I.; Heath, Melanie F. (2000). Important bird areas in Europe: priority sites for conservation. BirdLife International. p. 255. ISBN 978-0-946888-35-1. Retrieved 6 October 2011.


Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madatapa_Managed_Reserve
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