 33.710 ha (Kolkheti Wetlands) Ramsar Wetland: Kolkheiti National Parc (since 1997) 0.052 billion cubic m [m³] in the past: 2.2 g/l
today: 12 - 13 g/l Vegetation of the surrounding area
forest, pasture, grass, farmland, peat-bog alder, willow, oak, ash, wingnut (Pterocarya fraxinifolia), bladdernut (Staphylea spp.) 13,800 birds of different species teal, grebe, great crested grebe, little egret, red-necked grebe, black-necked grebe, great cormorant, squacco heron, great white egret, Eurasian spoonbill, glossy ibis, lesser white-fronted goose, ruddy shelduck, marsh sandpiper, great snipe, great black-headed gull, gull-billed tern, white-winged tern, white-headed duck, white-tailed sea eagle golden jackal, wild boar, roe deer, coypu, Eurasian hedgehog, mole caucasian subspecies of common treefrog and lake frog,
common and eastern crested newts ring snake, water snake, aesculapian snake, slow worm,
europian marsh turtle, artwin wood lizard 40 species: crucian, cambala, ... high salinity,
sapropel extraction activities and water pollution from toxins of decaying unexcavated peat layers,
proximity to major urban areas of Poti City,
drainage of wetlands,
run-offs from upstream agricultural activities over-fishing, poaching, peat Agricultural exploitation
grazing, farmland, tea and citrus plantations |
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