Sobibór Landscape Park

Sobibór Landscape Park
Sobiborski Park Krajobrazowy
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
Żółwiowe Błota nature reserve
Location	Lublin Voivodeship
Area	10000 ha
Established	1983

Sobibór Landscape Park (Sobiborski Park Krajobrazowy) is a protected area (Landscape Park) created in Lublin Voivodeship, eastern Poland in 1983. It takes its name from the village of Sobibór.

The Park lies on an area of 11,165.78 hectares (43.1113 sq mi), within three different counties: the Włodawa County as well as Gmina Hańsk and Gmina Wola Uhruska. It is meant to protect and preserve the natural and ecological resources of the Polesie National Park (Pojezierze Łęczyńsko-Włodawskie) extending westward.^[1]

Notes and references

↑ ZPKP (2013). "Sobiborski Park Krajobrazowy". Parki Krajobrazowe. Zespół Parków Krajobrazowych Polesia. Retrieved 2013-06-12.

Protected areas of Poland

Smallcaps indicate World Heritage Sites Italics indicate Biosphere reserves

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