Established by Decree No. 81/1998 Coll. of the Ministry of the Environment of the Slovak Republic on the Dunajské luhy Protected Landscape Area of 3 March 1998, with effect from 1 May 1998.
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Area of operation: the Protected Landscape Area, the districts of Dunajská Streda, Galanta, Komárno, Nové Zámky, Senec and Šaľa
The Protected Landscape Area extends across the Podunajská nížina lowland, in the geomorphological unit of the Podunajská rovina plain, alongside the Slovak and Slovak-Hungarian section of the Danube River from Bratislava all the way to the Veľkolélsky Ostrov Island in the Komárno district. It consists of five separate parts. This unique territory is entirely situated on an arecent aggradation levee of the Danube. The system of aggradation levees and accumulation depressions with a dense network of river arms, dominated by sedimentary accumulation, was formed before interventions in the natural hydrological regime of the Danube. The river-arm system created this way has been preserved partially in the section from Dobrohošť to Sap, and yet it remains one of the largest inland river deltas in Europe.
Depending on the hydrological conditions along the Danube, forest, aquatic, wetland, meadow, and psammophilous communities occur here in a relatively small area.
In rare and endangered aquatic plant communities of the open water bodies within the river-arm system, protected species such as the European white water-lily, yellow water-lily, the rare floating fern, water chestnut, floating heart, and others can be found. In the meadow communities and former oxbows, several endangered species of the orchid family (Orchidaceae) grow—such as the bug orchid, military orchid, green-winged orchid, broad-leaved helleborine, lesser butterfly-orchid, and others. Forest communities are primarily influenced by higher to high groundwater levels and occasional floods. Depending on the depth of the groundwater table, communities of willow-alder woods, oak-ash woods, elm-ash woods with poplar, elm-ash woods with hornbeam, and dogwood-oak woods have developed here.
The zoocenoses of the Danube and its adjacent floodplain forests are influenced by a diversity of habitats ranging from aquatic to xerothermic. Zoogeographically, the area is under the influence of the Pannonian Basin as well as the Alpine system, with which it is connected via the Danube. Faunal elements of marsh and aquatic biocenoses and floodplain forest communities are particularly well represented. For example, 109 mollusc species have been recorded in the area, 22 of which are endangered. In the Danubian region (from Bratislava to Štúrovo), more than 1,800 beetle species have been identified. Among them, the occurrence of the species Thinobius korbeli, previously unknown to science, is particularly notable, alongside several species that in Slovakia occur exclusively within the Danube river-arm system (Hydrovatus cuspidatus, Bagous bagdatensis, Donacia crassipes, and others). As regards small mammals, the relict occurrence of the tundra vole is significant. The area is of special importance for the nesting and hibernation of waterbirds. Rare bird species, such as the white-tailed eagle, little egret, and purple heron, regularly occur here. The Slovak-Hungarian section of the Danube is an internationally important Bird Area (IBA). Fish are an important component of the fauna in the proposed protected area. The Danube and its arms is the home to the highest number of fish species of all watercourses in Slovakia. This group of animals is among those most affected by the construction of waterworks on the Danube. Rare and protected species living here include the wild form of the carp (sazan), European mudminnow, sabre carp, and tubenose goby.
The entire area of the Protected Landscape Area is included in the List of Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar Convention).