Reserve Kamchia
   Photo: Kamchia Nature Reserve

Kamchia Reserve is located on the territory of Bulgaria in the lower reaches of the river Kamchia in the community Avren and Dolni Chiflik. Kamchia is located 25 kilometers south of Varna, near the resort of Kamchia and Shkorpilovtsi.

Reserve the area was declared a June 29, 1951. And in 1977, the UNESCO program "Man and Biosphere" Kamchia was attached to the World Network of Biosphere Reserves. The objective of this program - the preservation of the most important ecosystems of the planet. Most valuable forests in the lower reaches of the river Kamchia.

Climate Reserve Kamchia temperate continental. The average humidity is high, about 75-80%. The average temperature is 1, 2 January ° C, + 23 ° C - in July. By increasing the level of the river, riparian forests are often flooded.

The reserve was expanded in 1984, as a result of the area has increased to 842, 2 hectares of meadows in the lower reaches of the river Kamchia.

The reserve Kamchia 245 species of plants grow. The reserve is found ENDEMIT Bulgaria - core (Cardamine tuberoza). In the protected river inhabited by 39 species of fish. Here you can find such amphibians as the European pond turtle, Hermann's Tortoise and Mediterranean tortoise. 66% of Bulgaria's ornithological diversity (258 species of birds) recorded in the area. The reserve breed rare birds such as the black stork, lesser spotted eagle and hobby.

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