| Lower Oder Valley National Park | |
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| Nationalpark Unteres Odertal | |
 View of the lower Oder valley from the observation tower Stützkow | |
  Location in Brandenburg | |
| Location |  Brandenburg,Germany |
| Nearest city | Schwedt |
| Coordinates | 53°03′0″N14°16′0″E / 53.05000°N 14.26667°E /53.05000; 14.26667 |
| Area | 165 km2 (64 sq mi) Total 105 km2 (41 sq mi) Germany 60 km2 (23 sq mi) Poland |
| Established | 1997 |
| Governing body | Nationalparkverwaltung Unteres Odertal Park 2 16303 Schwedt |
TheLower Oder Valley International Park is a sharedGerman-Polish nature reserve. It comprises the western banks of theOder (Polish:Odra) river within theUckermark district in the German state ofBrandenburg as well as the steep eastern banks in theGryfino andPolice counties of the PolishWest Pomeranian Voivodeship further north.
The German part of the core area is theNationalpark Unteres Odertal (Lower Oder Valley National Park). There is an information centre at Criewen.The Polish part of the core area is thePark Krajobrazowy Dolina Dolnej Odry (Lower Odra Valley Landscape Park).
The area comprises 165 km2 (64 sq mi) (Germany 105 km2 (41 sq mi), Poland 60 km2 (23 sq mi)); together with adjoining nature reserves in Germany and Poland the total area is 1,172 km2 (453 sq mi). By decision of the German-Polish Environmental Council in 1992 the German, Polish and Brandenburg environment ministers as well as thevoivode ofSzczecin created the Lower Oder Valley International Park.
The flat western shore of the Oder features severallevees, which in order to control the water level and to prevent highfloods are regularly opened in winter and spring. The water flows freely into extensivefloodplains covered until April when the dikes are closed again and the remaining water is drained.
There is aSpecial Protection Area (SPA) for birds.[1]These plains are habitats for birds such as theblack stork, theaquatic warbler, and thecorn crake.There are animals such as theEuropean otter and theEuropean beaver.
There are plants like the submediterraneanpubescent oak.
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