🌐 Kristianstads Vattenrike Biosphere Reserve

Sweden · Europe · Biosphere Reserve · 56.02°N, 14.09°E

Kristianstad Vattenrike Biosphere Reserve, a protected swamp area in the Hammarsjön Lake, surrounding the town of Kristianstad in Scania, southern Sweden. Sweden's lowest point is located in the reserve at 2.41 metres below sea level. The point is at the bottom of what was once Nosabyviken, a bay on the lake of Hammarsjön. The bay was drained in the 1860s by John Nun Milner, an engineer, to get more arable land for Kristianstad.

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Quick facts

Country	Sweden
Continent / region	Europe
Protection type	🌐 Biosphere Reserve
Coordinates (approx.)	56.02°N, 14.09°E · view on map

Kristianstads Vattenrike Biosphere Reserve is a biosphere reserve in Sweden, in Europe. The details of why Kristianstads Vattenrike Biosphere Reserve is ecologically important are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

More protected areas in Sweden

Björnlandet National Park · Sarek National Park · Abisko National Park · Dalby Söderskog National Park · Pieljekaise National Park · Sonfjället National Park · Padjelanta National Park · Garphyttan National Park · Fulufjället National Park · Hallands Väderö.

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