Opatovačka Ada
Opatovačka Ada | |
Interactive map of Opatovačka Ada | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Danube River near Opatovac |
| Coordinates | 45°16′04″N 19°10′16″E / 45.2677°N 19.1711°E |
| Total islands | 1 |
| Administration | |
Opatovačka Ada (also Croatian: Opatovački riječni otok) is a long narrow Danube river island situated close to the village of Opatovac in eastern Croatia. It covers an area of 100,80 ha[1] and stretches on the southern bank of the river (45°16′40″N 19°10′16″W / 45.27778°N 19.17111°W).
Together with other "Vukovar Danube adas"[2] (Sotinska Ada, Šarengradska ada, Vukovarska ada, Daka etc.), Opatovačka Ada belongs to a protected area under the category of ’’Special reserve’’, which was declared on 2 April 1989.[3] It is protected due to rare tree species like white willow, black and white poplar forests, as well as hybridous Canadian poplar specimens, which occupy small areas. Along the Danube coast there are beaches partly shaded by trees. The forest stands are covered in the layer of shrubs and in the layer of ground vegetation with bindweed and blackberry.[4]
The island is the habitat of some of the strictly protected bird species, such as the white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) and the black stork (Ciconia nigra).[5] Other fauna species, which are most often found in transit, include red deer (Cervus elaphus), roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), wild boar (Sus scrofa), and birds: white stork (Ciconia ciconia), Eurasian coot (Fulica atra), mallard (Anas platyrhnchos), great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo), grey heron (Ardea cinerea), little egret (Egretta garzetta) and black-headed gull (Larus ridibundus).[6]
The Municipality of Lovas, especially its Centre of Sustainable Development of the Local Community of the Municipality of Lovas, in whose territory Opatovačka Ada is located, has development plans that encompass natural, tourist and cultural potentials, which, in addition to Ada, also include spaces for the traditional method of wine storing. Future tourist projects would be a kind of accelerator of local and regional economic, social and cultural progress, as well as professional and personal development of the population of the Lovas microregion.[7]
See also
References
- ^ Rauš, Đuro; Matić, Slavko (1990). "Vegetacijska i uzgojna istraživanja u GJ "Vukovarske dunavske ade" PJ Šumarije Vukovar". Šumarski list (in Croatian) (1–2): 8. Retrieved 2025-12-16 – via sumari.hr.
- ^ "Vukovarske dunavske ade". Retrieved 2025-12-16.
- ^ Penava, Ivan (2021-01-19). "Program zaštite divljači grada Vukovara (str.73)" [Wildlife Protection Program of the City of Vukovar (p.73)] (PDF). vukovar.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2025-12-16.
- ^ "Vukovarske dunavske ade". Retrieved 2025-12-16.
- ^ "Vukovarske dunavske ade". Retrieved 2025-12-16.
- ^ "Obnova ritskih šuma hrvatskog podunavlja (str. 47)" [Restoration of the fen forests of the Croatian Danube region (page 47)]. sumlist.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2025-12-16.
- ^ Korpoš, Dragana (2023-02-21). "Interpretacijski plan osnova je ponude Lovasa" [The interpretation plan is the basis of the Lovas offer]. glas-slavonije.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2025-12-16.