Kopacki Rit Nature Park

Kopachki Rit is a nature park in eastern Croatia in the municipalities of Bilje and Kneževi Vinogradi. It is located northwest of the confluence of the Drava and the Danube, on the border with Serbia. It includes many backwaters and ponds along the Danube. It is one of the most important, largest and most attractive preserved untouched wetlands in Europe. Part of Kopachki Rit has been designated as a zoological reserve.Kopachki rit Nature Park is widely known for its bird population. It is inhabited by as many as 300 different species of birds, which makes up 80% of the species recorded in the ornithofauna of Croatia.Kopachki rit is the largest spawning ground in this part of the Danube basin. The fish fauna of Kopachki rit consists of more than 50 freshwater species, among which the most common are river carp, pike, catfish, perch…Due to the slightly wavy micro-relief in Kopachki rit, the mosaic of the habitat is pronounced. Depending on the depth and retention time of floodwater, different plant communities alternate.The list of flora for the Nature Park area contains more than 500 plant species according to research.

№226 in National parks of Croatia