{"title":"Nemunas Delta Regional Park - Lithuania","id":{"prefix":"https:\/\/deims.org\/","suffix":"e3b03313-adad-4910-a78a-b9a685174c69"},"type":"site","created":"2017-06-21T08:45:05+02:00","changed":"2020-11-27T14:42:47+01:00","attributes":{"affiliation":{"networks":null,"projects":[{"label":"EcoPotential (H2020)","uri":"https:\/\/cordis.europa.eu\/project\/id\/641762"},{"label":"Natura 2000","uri":"https:\/\/natura2000.eea.europa.eu\/"},{"label":"Ramsar Convention on Wetlands","uri":"https:\/\/www.ramsar.org"}]},"contact":{"siteManager":null,"operatingOrganisation":[{"type":"organisation","name":"Direction of Nemuno delta regional park","url":"http:\/\/www.nemunodelta.lt\/20949\/home.html","ror":null}],"metadataProvider":[{"type":"person","name":"Art\u016bras Razinkovas-Baziukas","email":"arturas.razinkovas-baziukas@ku.lt","orcid":null},{"type":"person","name":"Rasa Mork\u016bn\u0117","email":"rasa.morkune@apc.ku.lt","orcid":null}],"fundingAgency":null,"siteUrl":[{"title":"Nemunas Delta Regional Park","value":"http:\/\/www.nemunodelta.lt\/"}]},"general":{"abstract":"Arrived to the littoral region you will see a unique Nemunas delta with its major branches Atmata and Skirvyt\u0117 and the island Rusn\u0117 surrounded by them. This landscape is created by water - there are many interlaced rivers, lakes - the lagoon of Krok\u0173 lanka and many other smaller lakes. There are also old river beds, marshes and fens. During the spring floods the regional park will provide you with unforgettable impressions. Your gaze will be able to travel  flooded delta meadows full of rear water birds without hindrance. The delta is famous because of rare breeding birds abundance and because it is an important place for travelling birds. Under the Ramsar Convention criteria the delta was added to the wet areas of international importance list in 1993. This unique, versatile regional park landscape that still retains its natural dynamics must be preserved.\r\nThe Nemunas River delta area with adjacent floodplains is the most important stopover site for numerous species of waterbirds in the South Eastern Baltic Region.","citation":null,"relatedIdentifiers":null,"status":{"label":"Operational","uri":"http:\/\/vocabs.lter-europe.net\/elter_cl\/10772"},"yearEstablished":1992,"yearClosed":null,"relatedSites":null,"siteName":"Nemunas Delta Regional Park","shortName":"NDRP","siteType":"Stationary land-based site","protectionLevel":[{"label":"Category V \u2013 Protected Landscape\/Seascape\/Area","uri":"http:\/\/dd.eionet.europa.eu\/vocabularyconcept\/cdda\/IucnCategoryValue\/V"}],"landUse":null,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/deims.org\/sites\/default\/files\/photos\/nemunas-delta-regional-park-lithuania_4657.jpg","alt":"not defined"}]},"environmentalCharacteristics":{"airTemperature":{"yearlyAverage":6.8,"monthlyAverage":null,"unit":"\u00b0C","referencePeriod":null},"precipitation":{"yearlyAverage":725,"monthlyAverage":null,"unit":"mm","referencePeriod":null},"biogeographicalRegion":"boreal","biome":"grasslands","ecosystemType":[{"label":"Agricultural","uri":null},{"label":"Grasslands","uri":null},{"label":"Large river deltas","uri":null},{"label":"Rivers","uri":null},{"label":"Small rivers","uri":null}],"eunisHabitat":[{"label":"Constructed, industrial and other artificial habitats (J)","uri":null},{"label":"Estuaries (X01)","uri":null},{"label":"Grasslands and lands dominated by forbs, mosses or lichens (E)","uri":null},{"label":"Habitat complexes (X)","uri":null},{"label":"Inland surface waters (C)","uri":null},{"label":"Littoral zone of inland surface waterbodies (C3)","uri":null},{"label":"Low density buildings (J2)","uri":null},{"label":"Rural public buildings (J2.2)","uri":null},{"label":"Seasonally wet and wet grasslands (E3)","uri":null},{"label":"Surface running waters (C2)","uri":null},{"label":"Surface standing waters (C1)","uri":null},{"label":"Temporary lakes, ponds and pools (C1.6)","uri":null},{"label":"Temporary running waters (C2.5)","uri":null},{"label":"Tidal rivers, upstream from the estuary (C2.4)","uri":null}],"landforms":null,"geoBonBiome":["Coastal","Fresh water rivers","Terrestrial"],"geology":"The current surface of the regional park is a flat, low plain which?s relief was created by the last icing Nemunas delta\u0027s glacial hand. Later the surface was reshaped by the pre glacial lakes and the accumulation of delta. All these processes has been accompanied by persistent tectonic sinking (activity of this process is now 1- 2 mm per year). Intensification of farming in the Nemunas river basin, thinned forests and surface waters washing large areas the delta has intensified transfer and accumulation of alluvium. They sat down and accumulated in the delta plain, estuaries and closed some branch openings. Out of touch and siltation of river beds turned into separate strings of little lakes. Deltoid deposits sealed off once the former bay and now the lake - Krok? Lanka. A similar fate awaits Kniaupas bay. The large quantity of silt led to a rapid growth of the delta front, the formation of new islands. Due to the silt delta coast moved 4-8 km. to the west, this process takes place in island Rus? now. Here the coast slides up to the lagoon several meters every year.","hydrology":"Nemunas Delta Regional Park hydrographical region is owned by Coastal area. The park internal waters consists of the Curonian Lagoon basin to the eastern edge of Kniaupas Bay and inland waters a dense hydro graphic network - the Nemunas deltoid rivers, river mouths channels, lagoon (Krok? Lanka) and old river bed lakes and polder canals, fish ponds, bogs and mires deltoid complexes and shallow ground water.  ","soils":null,"vegetation":"Due to intensive agriculture, particularly polderised areas, vegetation diversity and abundance of species in the Nemunas delta is not large. Nevertheless, 15 Lithuanian Red book species are recorded in the park territory. The two species (Allium Nymphoides peltata and angulosum) is at the extinction. Another 10 species are classified as category II in the Red Book (rapidly vanishing species) and 2 - category III. \r\n"},"geographic":{"boundaries":"POLYGON ((21.176147460938 55.342666834319, 21.231079101562 55.411330436695, 21.275024414062 55.412889588242, 21.338195800781 55.419125579142, 21.42333984375 55.408211949004, 21.464538574219 55.401974235203, 21.442565917969 55.353598562025, 21.450805664062 55.333294380106, 21.46728515625 55.302036849806, 21.4892578125 55.278577527285, 21.549682617188 55.255104335915, 21.470031738281 55.211250590473, 21.371154785156 55.280141913548, 21.266784667969 55.237881845355, 21.24755859375 55.272319365828, 21.261291503906 55.31297978862, 21.176147460938 55.342666834319))","coordinates":"POINT (21.370342 55.340626)","country":["Lithuania"],"elevation":{"avg":2,"min":-1,"max":17,"unit":"msl"},"size":{"value":28953,"unit":"ha"},"relatedLocations":null},"focusDesignScale":{"experiments":{"design":"partly experimentation","scale":"micro sites"},"observations":{"design":"mainly observation","scale":"entire catchment"},"observedProperties":[{"label":"agricultural parameter","uri":"http:\/\/vocabs.lter-europe.net\/EnvThes\/20936"},{"label":"ecosystem parameter","uri":"http:\/\/vocabs.lter-europe.net\/EnvThes\/20939"},{"label":"water level","uri":"http:\/\/vocabs.lter-europe.net\/EnvThes\/30025"},{"label":"water parameter","uri":"http:\/\/vocabs.lter-europe.net\/EnvThes\/20945"},{"label":"water temperature","uri":"http:\/\/vocabs.lter-europe.net\/EnvThes\/22313"}]},"infrastructure":{"accessibleAllYear":false,"accessType":"dirt road  (4WD)","allPartsAccessible":false,"maintenanceInterval":null,"permanentPowerSupply":true,"operation":{"permanent":true,"notes":null,"siteVisitInterval":null},"notes":null,"collection":[{"label":"Cable based","uri":null},{"label":"Central station(s)","uri":null},{"label":"Daily","uri":null},{"label":"GMS\/UMTS","uri":null},{"label":"No tower on site","uri":null},{"label":"Snow clearing equipment","uri":null},{"label":"Telephone line","uri":null},{"label":"Vehicle 2WD","uri":null},{"label":"Vehicle 4WD","uri":null}],"data":{"policy":{"url":null,"rights":["The opportunity to collaborate on the project using the dataset"],"notes":null}}},"relatedResources":null,"projectRelated":{"lter":{"lterSiteClassification":"Regular Site"}}}}