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National Park Neusiedler See - Seewinkel

National Park Neusiedler See - Seewinkel. Schneider Christine. Presentation. General information Location The Lake Neusiedl The Seewinkel Animals. General information. Westernmost National Park Biggest steppe lake Size: 140 km 2 , 80 km 2 lie in Austria

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National Park Neusiedler See - Seewinkel

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  1. National Park Neusiedler See - Seewinkel Schneider Christine

  2. Presentation • General information • Location • The Lake Neusiedl • The Seewinkel • Animals

  3. General information • Westernmost National Park • Biggest steppe lake • Size: 140 km2, 80 km2 lie in Austria • Annual precipitation less than 600 mm WWF Panda Warengesellschaft, 1998

  4. The Lake Neusiedl • Size: 321 km2 • Greatest depth is 2 meters • 36 kilometers long • Maximal width is 12 kilometers • Salinity (average 1200 mg/l) • More than the half of the lake is covered with reed

  5. The lake Neusiedl with the Leitha Mountains Reed Photos: Nationalparkgesellschaft Neusiedler See-Seewinkel, 1998

  6. The Seewinkel • ~60 ”black” and ”white” ”Lacken” • Shallow, sometimes dry out • Salty places –patches of crystallized salt • “Lange Lacke” is the most famous one Nationalparkgesellschaft Neusiedler See-Seewinkel, 1998

  7. Private photograph White patches of crystallized salt

  8. Animals • Platalea leucorodia (Spoonbill) • Recurvirostra avosetta (Avocet) • Sterna hirundo • Tringa totanus (Redshank) • Anas clypeata • Phalacrocorax carbo (Cormorant) • Limosa limosa (Black tailed Godwit) • Cicona cicona (White stork) • Merops apiaster (Bee eater)

  9. Citellus citellus • Mantis religiosa • Mares eversmanni • Tarantula • Aythya nyroca • Ixobrychusminutus (Little bittern) • Podiceps cristatus • Vanellus vanellus (Lapwing) • Gallinago gallinago (Snipe)

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