Biotope at the Geeste reservoir

Biotope at the Geeste reservoir IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
location	Between Lingen (Ems) and Meppen , Emsland district , Lower Saxony
surface	50 ha
Identifier	NSG WE 182
WDPA ID	162426
Geographical location	52 ° 36 '  N , 7 ° 18'  E Coordinates: 52 ° 35 '44 "  N , 7 ° 18' 3"  E
Sea level	from 19 m to 22 m
Setup date	November 7, 1987
administration	NLWKN

The biotope at the Geeste reservoir is a nature reserve in the Lower Saxony municipality of Geeste in the Emsland district .

The nature reserve with the registration number NSG WE 182 is 50  hectares in size. The area has been a nature reserve since November 7, 1987. The responsible lower nature conservation authority is the district of Emsland.

The nature reserve is located north of the Geeste reservoir between Lingen and Meppen . In the east it borders on the B 70 , in the north on the state road 67. In the south, the nature reserve borders in parts on the dam of the Geeste reservoir.

Location of the biotope at the Geeste reservoir (green)

The "biotope at the Geeste reservoir" was created in the 1980s as a compensatory measure for the construction of the Geeste reservoir. In the east there are fish ponds, the use of which has been given up, to which a swamp zone is connected. To the west of it a bay-rich body of water with islands, steep banks and shallow water zones was created, which is surrounded by a ring moat. On the shores of the lake, wet meadows , alder forests and reed beds as well as sand and gravel areas have been created.

In the north-west of the nature reserve there is a lookout point from which the nature reserve can be viewed.

Web links

Commons : Biotop nature reserve at the Geeste reservoir  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Nature reserve "Biotop am Speicherbecken Geeste" in the database of the Lower Saxony State Office for Water Management, Coastal and Nature Conservation (NLWKN)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} The Geeste reservoir , Lower Saxony technical atlas. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
2. ↑ Nature reserve "Biotop am Speicherbecken Geeste" , Windsurfclub Emsland e. V. Accessed April 16, 2018.