Narew National Park

Narew National Park (Polish: Narwiański Park Narodowy) is a National Park in Podlaskie Voivodeship, north-eastern Poland, created in 1996.[2] The park is a 35 kilometres (22 mi) section of the Narew River. It is a swampy valley with moraine hills typical of a braided river. Depending on the season and the level of the water table, several riparian area ecosystems are available including swamps, tussocks with surrounding black alder (Latin: Alnus glutinosa) and white willow (Latin: Salix alba) forested areas.[3][4] The total area of the Park is 73.5 square kilometres (28.4 sq mi), of which only 20.57 square kilometres (7.94 sq mi) is state-owned, the balance being privately held.

Narew National Park
Polish: Narwiański Park Narodowy
IUCN category II (national park)
Narew River at Uhowo, Poland
Park logo with western marsh harrier
Location in Poland
LocationPodlaskie Voivodeship, Poland
Nearest cityKurowo
Coordinates53°03′00″N 22°24′15″E
Area73.5 km2 (28.4 sq mi)
Established(1985) 1996
Governing bodyMinistry of the Environment
www.npn.pl
Official nameNarew River National Park
Designated29 October 2002
Reference no.1564[1]

The park covers the Upper Narew Valley, a swampy area between the towns of Suraz and Rzedziany. Around 90% of Park's area are either swamps or waters with the Narew as the main river, which splits in the area into many river beds, but also numerous smaller rivers, such as Liza, Szeroka Struga, Awissa, Kurówka, Kowalówka, Turośnianka and Czaplinianka.

The Park's landscape is predominantly made up by many varieties of marshes, reed beds, and there are also meadows and forests. The Narew Valley is a haven for birds - there are 179 species of them, including those unique for the area. Mammals are represented by around 40 species, among them some elk and otter as well as numerous beavers - around 260 of them. The Park's waters are full of fish - 22 species - as well as amphibians. The Park is a wetland site protected under the Ramsar convention.

Cultural attractions of the Park are mostly represented by buildings such as numerous traditional village huts, ancient crosses by the roads and windmills. One of the Park's attractions is a private archaeological museum, owned by Władysław Litwinczuk. The Park also includes an antique manor house at Kurowo.

The Park has its headquarters in the village of Kurowo. Its buffer zone includes a less strictly protected area called Narew Landscape Park.

References
  1. "Narew River National Park". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  2. Rozporządzenie Rady Ministrów z dnia 1 lipca 1996 r. w sprawie utworzenia Narwiańskiego Parku Narodowego, Dz.U. 1996 nr 77 poz. 368 Archived 2009-11-18 at the Wayback Machine (in Polish)
  3. "Ramsar Briefing Notes - Poland". Ramsar.org. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  4. Sienkiewicz, Jadwiga (2008). Ramsar sites in Poland. Warsaw: Institute of Environmental Protection. p. 70. ISBN 8360312850.
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