Detailed Data

Nestos Lakes

Partner Living Lakes

Society for Protection of Nature and Ecodevelopment (EPO)

Partner Lakes since

Origin

dead arm of Nestos River

Number of lakes

7 lakes,

11 ponds,

7 lagoons

Size

lakes and ponds: 23 sq. km [km²]

Maximum depth

3.5 m (lakes)

1.8 m (lagoons)

Wetlands

120 sq. km [km²]

Sea level

16 - 21 m

lagoons: 0 m

Salinity

lakes and ponds: fresh water

lagoons: somewhat brackish to hyper saline, depending on season and location

Precipitation per year

450 - 580 mm

Mean air temperature

10.8 °C

Frozen over

never

Location

Hrysoupolis, Greece

Vegetation

sub-mediterranean

Plants

27 orchid species

Dragonflies

31 species

Fish

17 species

Amphibians and reptiles

22 species

Birds

211 species of migratories and nesters

Inhabitants

about 50,000

Biggest problem

lakes lie outside the National Park

Industrial exploitation

small business enterprises

Agricultural exploitation

very intensive farming and cultivation of rice

water abstraction for irrigation

extensification indispensable and urgent

Tourism activities

intensive near the coast