Niva Morávky, Natural monument in Dobrá, Czech Republic.
Niva Morávky is a 74.57-hectare natural monument on the Morávka River, a tributary of the Ostravice in the Odra basin, in the Podbeskydská pahorkatina hills at 300–336 m. It covers the river's gravel deposits with pioneer species, ash-alder floodplain forests and oak-hornbeam woods, within the municipalities of Dobrá, Skalice and Nošovice.
This area was officially protected in 2013 to preserve its ecosystems and the species that depend on them for future generations. The protection status recognized the ecological importance of this landscape for the region.
The name Niva Morávky refers to the floodplain of the Morávka River, a tributary of the Ostravice in the Oder basin. The monument lies on the route of the Dobrá educational trail, whose stops explain the river's gravel banks and floodplain forests to walkers.
The monument lies on the Morávka river between the villages of Dobrá, Skalice and Nošovice, at 300–336 m above sea level, and is freely accessible all year. It sits on the route of the Dobrá educational trail, so the gravel riverbed and its surroundings can be explored on foot along that marked circuit.
The site protects the alpine river biotope of the Morávka, a gravel-bed river type rare in the region. Among the beetles recorded here are Platystomos albinus and the tiger beetle Cicindela hybrida, while the dragonfly Aeshna affinis also flies over the gravel bars.
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