SRP ZASAVICA

Special Nature Reserve "ZASAVICA"

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*The Special Nature Reserve Zasavica is situated in the South-East Europe, in Serbia, on the territory of South Voivodina and North Macva, east of the Drina River and south of the Sava River. It comprises territories of Sremska Mitrovica and Bogatić municipalities .

*The coordinates, according to Greenwich are 44° 52' 56" and 44° 58' 04" N, and 19° 24' 07" and 19° 36' 31" E
*The area is dominated by a riverine biotop of the Zasavica River, in the length of 33.1 km. It is mosaic of aquatic and wetland ecosystems with fragments of flooded forests.
*The area of protected asset is 1825 ha, with 675 ha in the first degree protection regime.The backbone of the Reserve make Jovaca and Prekopac canals, Batar creek, and Zasavica river, which is connected to the Sava River directly through Bogaz canal. Zasavica River is also supplied by ground waters from the Drina River. The whole system belongs to the Black Sea catchment area and it presents one of few authentic and preserved wetlands of the region.