Pregledni rad
Geographic and Demographic Significance of the Regional Mura-Drava Park
Dragutin Feletar
; Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, Zagreb – redoviti profesor u miru
Sažetak
In February 2011, the Government of the Republic of Croatia proclaimed the area along the Mura and Drava Rivers a regional park, in line with European efforts to preserve the natural environment of this region. The Mura-Drava Regional Park is a narrow Holocene age belt along the Mura and Drava Rivers, extending along 83 km of the lower course of the Mura River, and 323 km of the central and lower course of the Drava River. The protected area encompasses 877 square kilometres of land. Alongside the Drava-Danube National Park in Hungary to the north, the Mura-Drava Regional Park is the longest protected area in Europe in terms of its length in kilometres. With regard to the structure of the local administration, the Mura-Drava Regional Park is situated in five counties, and lies in the territory of eight towns and 46 municipalities. A total of 20 settlements lie within the park bounds. The population of these settlements was 5348 in 1857, climbing to its maximum of 14,921 in 1948, which was followed by a depopulation process, resulting in a population of 5513 in 2011.
Ključne riječi
Mura-Drava Regional Park; Podravina; Mura River; Drava River; natural habitat; nature conservation; ecology
Hrčak ID:
112952
URI
Datum izdavanja:
1.12.2013.
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