Vistula Landscape Park

Vistula Landscape Park
Nadwiślański Park Krajobrazowy
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
Location	Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship
Area	333.06 km²
Established	1993

Vistula Landscape Park (Nadwiślański Park Krajobrazowy) is a protected area (Landscape Park) in north-central Poland, established in 1993, covering an area of 333.06 square kilometres (128.60 sq mi).

The Park lies within Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, on the left bank of the Vistula river north of Bydgoszcz. It forms a complex with Chełmno Landscape Park on the opposite bank. From 1999 to 2003 these constituted a single Landscape Park, called Lower Vistula Valley Landscape Park (Park Krajobrazowy Doliny Dolnej Wisły). The both parks have common administration located in Świecie.

Within Vistula Landscape Park are 14 nature reserves.

Protected areas of Poland

Smallcaps indicate World Heritage Sites Italics indicate Biosphere reserves

National parks	Babia Góra Białowieża Biebrza Bieszczady Bory Tucholskie Drawa Gorce Kampinos Karkonosze Magura Narew Ojców Pieniny Polesie Roztocze Słowiński Świętokrzyski Stołowe Mountains Tatra Ujście Warty Wielkopolska Wigry Wolin

Related lists	Biosphere reserves Landscape parks (Parki Krajobrazowe) Nature reserves (Rezerwaty przyrody) Ramsar sites World Heritage Sites

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