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Ramsar Sites of Turkey - Ramsar Convention on Wetlands

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Gediz Delta <str<strong>on</strong>g>Ramsar</str<strong>on</strong>g> Site<br />

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where Gediz River meets with Aegean Sea. Yamanlar Mountains delineates the east and<br />

s the north <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the<br />

delta.<br />

SITE IDENTITY<br />

Name <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the <str<strong>on</strong>g>Ramsar</str<strong>on</strong>g> Site<br />

Gediz Delta<br />

Locati<strong>on</strong> and Boundaries<br />

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Area<br />

14.900 ha<br />

Coordinates<br />

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Elevati<strong>on</strong><br />

0 m 130 m<br />

C<strong>on</strong>servati<strong>on</strong> status<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>Ramsar</str<strong>on</strong>g> Site<br />

Natural and Archeological SIT Area<br />

Populati<strong>on</strong> 21.375<br />

Climate<br />

Mediterranean<br />

Nati<strong>on</strong>al and Internati<strong>on</strong>al<br />

Significance<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>Turkey</str<strong>on</strong>g>'s internati<strong>on</strong>ally important wetland site<br />

Key Biodiversity Area<br />

Important Plant Area<br />

Important Bird Area<br />

Site significance<br />

One <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the two sites where flamingos breed in our country (the<br />

other <strong>on</strong>e is in Tuz Lake).<br />

Site symbols<br />

Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)<br />

Management Plan Gediz Delta Management Plan was acceded in the year <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> 2007.<br />

Facilities in the site<br />

Visitor center<br />

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