Big Island of Cenad

Big Island of Cenad
Coordinates: 46 ° 8 ′ 36 ″  N , 20 ° 39 ′ 51 ″  E
Location:	Timiș , Romania
Next city:	Sânnicolau Mare
Surface:	0.03 km²
Founding:	2000

The Big Island of Cenad (Romanian: Insula Mare Cenad ) is a protected area of IUCN category IV on the site of the town of Cenad , in Timiş County , Banat , Romania .

Geographical location

The island is located in the northwest of Timiș County, on the right bank of the Marosch , on the border with Arad County and Hungary , east of Cenad and north of Sânnicolau Mare .

description

Gray heron

The Big Island of Cenad is part of the Marosch-Auen Nature Park and was declared a nature reserve of national importance by law number 5 of March 6, 2000.

The Big Island of Cenad Nature Reserve is home to a variety of tree species such as willow ( Salix ) or poplar ( Populus ) and numerous types of steppe grasses. It provides a suitable habitat for a variety of migratory birds. The following birds can be found on the island:

• Purple Heron ( Ardea purpurea )
• Gray heron ( ardea cinerea )
• Black heron ( Ardeola ralloides )
• Night heron ( Nycticorax nycticorax )
• Great Egret ( Ardea alba )
• Black stork ( Ciconia nigra )
• White stork ( Ciconia ciconia )
• Great cormorant ( Phalacrocorax carbo )
• Red-throated diver ( Gavia stellata )
• Duck birds (Anatidae)
• Greylag goose ( anser anser )

See also

• List of nature reserves in Romania
• List of nature reserves in Timiș County

Web links

• drumetiimontane.ro , Big Island of Cenad
• cesavezi.ro , Big Island of Cenad

Individual evidence

1. ↑ drumetiimontane.ro , Big Island of Cenad
2. ^ Protected Areas of National Importance in Romania , Law No. 5 of March 6, 2000
3. ↑ cjtimis.ro  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Big Island of Cenad