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	Biebrza National Park
		The Biebrza National Park is located in Northeast Poland, in the Podlaskie Voivodship.
		The northeastern boundary of the park is near the Belarus border.The Narew River and its confluence with the Biebrza River form the southern boundary.
		The park was established in 1993, and with a total area of 59 233 ha, it is the largest of the Polish national parks.
	www.biebrza.org.pl /ang (154 words)

	BIEBRZA WETLANDS
		The Biebrza valley is located 200 km north east of Warsaw in the so-called Green Lungs of Poland.
		Biebrza's meadows and pastures turn into yellow marigold fields, where it is easy to hear the living sounds of Biebrza.
		Finally, the court jester of Biebrza is the free wheeling otter, this mischievous animal can be observed from long distances frolicking along the waters of Biebrza.
	www.biebrza-explorer.com.pl /english/brza.htm (631 words)

	National Parks in the Podlaskie voivodship - Biebrza National Park (2)
		One of the valuable features in the Biebrza valley is the well-preserved zonality of its habitats and plant communities, which are characteristic for major natural river valleys.
		Biebrza is a typical lowland river with a meandering course and slowly moving waters.
		The management of the Biebrza National Park is now located in the new building of the Pałczyński Centre of Education and Management in Osowiec-Twierdza (on the Białystok – Grajewo road, 54 km from Białystok, which is 1 hr by train to Osowiec station).
	www.wigry.win.pl /parki/bie/bie_en2.htm (390 words)

	National Parks in the Podlaskie voivodship - Biebrza National Park (3)
		The destination is the observation tower on the Wilcza Góra hill with a broad vista of the central basin of Biebrza.
		The Biebrza river is an attractive route for kayakers.
		The Biebrza river is a paradise for anglers; 3.
	www.wigry.win.pl /parki/bie/bie_en3.htm (631 words)

	[Jerzy Dyczkowski page - Birding in Poland] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Every spring the river Biebrza floods and between March and May most of the area is a shallow lake or is waterlogged.
		Biebrza is considered one of the best places in Europe for birds of prey, and in addition to the former it holds Black and Red Kites, Hobby, Short-toed, White-tailed, Booted, Golden and the particulary rare Spotted Eagle.
		Czerwone Bagno is the wildest area of the Biebrza wilderness.
	www.birding.gt.pl /biebrza.html (3074 words)

	Biebrzanski Park Narodowy
		In 1993 the Biebrza National Park was established to protect the Biebrza Wetlands - the largest and one of the best preserved of their types in Europe.
		The Biebrza National Park is appealing all year round: during spring an explosion of birdlife erupts, summertime rich with wildflowers, during autumn, when the landscape echoes with roar of Red Deer announcing mating season, as in winter, when spotting an Elk is almost 100% certain.
		The Biebrza region is famous for beautifully decorated Easter eggs and hand woven wool blankets ornamented with divers and highly complex patters.
	www.agroturbiebrza.fr.pl /England/biebrzanskiparknarodowy.htm (775 words)

	:: AVESTOM - Biebrza Valley :: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Valley of Biebrza River is the largest area of lowland marshes in Poland (almost 60000 hectares) and has a status of national park.
		The middle basin of Biebrza is widest and creates large "plate" of moss/peat bogs covered by birch and alderwoods.
		The upper basin of Biebrza is smallest and rather narrow.
	www.avestom.republika.pl /eng/eng_sites/eng_biebrza_low.htm (366 words)

	Biebrza
		Biebrza National Park was established in 1993 and is situated in Northeast Poland, in the Podlaskie region.
		In fact the whole Biebrza River Valley is widely regarded as the largest and the best preserved area of lowland bogs and forest raised bogs in European.
		The area in which the Biebrza Marshes are located is the coldest in Poland, not including the mountains, and the winter snow and ice can last up to 140 days in the upper part of the site; the thaw coming slightly earlier in the southern basin.
	www.markjjones.dsl.pipex.com /biebrza.htm (1467 words)

	ADVENTURE WITH NATURE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Biebrza is a lowland river, with a number of meanders, side branches and oxbows.
		Biebrza Marshes protected area is unique and not to be found elsewhere in the world.
		Biebrza river valley cover a vast area (about 600 square kilometers) of low-populated and wild wetland inviting for a eye-in-eye meeting with the wild nature.
	www.adventurewn.com /files/kayaking_biebrza.html (278 words)

	Poland.pl - Polish Nature - Regions – Wysoczyzny Podlasko - Bialoruskie – The valley of Biebrza river ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Marshes in the valley of the Biebrza river, fot.
		The valley of the Biebrza river is surrounded by Kolnenska Plateau from west, Bialostocka Plateau from east, from south by Wysokomazowiecka Plateau and from north by Elk lake district and Augustowska plain.
		It is characteristic for Biebrza that its level rises in the spring and drops during summer.
	www.poland.pl /nature/regions/wysoczyzny_pb/biebrza/description.htm (691 words)

	The Biebrza river wetlands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Biebrza River, traditionally called Bobra by the locals, is one the most beautiful lowland rivers in Poland.
		The Biebrza river is 20 km wide in its middle section, and as it flows to the south (from Osowiec to the Narew river) is more than 15 km wide.
		It is situated in Lomza, Suwalki and Bialystok provinces and includes the Biebrza River Valley from its springs to the mouth near Wizna (it flows into the Narew River).
	fll.uwb.edu.pl /strony/bialystok/pluca/biebrza.html (489 words)

	Bird watching trip report - Poland - surfbirds.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Biebrza Marshes is the largest National Park in Poland comprising 60,000 ha.
		The Biebrza River flows through the centre of the area and is one of the last remaining natural unmodified river floodplains in Europe.
		Biebrza marshes support 2000 pairs and are of international importance.
	www.surfbirds.com /mb/trips/poland-gm-0204.html (2879 words)

	Biebrza Eco-Travel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Who can fail to be moved by the sight of marsh marigolds carpeting a flooded meadow, orchids in bloom, the flute-like call of the curlew, a soaring fl stork, a bittern booming at night, duelling ruffs, the howling of wolves, the sight of a beaver lodge or peacefully browsing moose.
		The Biebrza Wetlands also offer many opportunities for other encounters, less spectacular but every bit as interesting, such as dwarf birch, a living memory from the glacial period, tens of thousand s years ago, when Middle Europe was covered by arctic tundra.
		All this awaits you in the Biebrza Wetlands.
	www.biebrza.com /eco-travel/en/foto_str/przyroda/bagna_biebrzanskie.htm (1083 words)

	Suwalszczyzna - Suwalki Region
		In its history, after the Jatzvingian tribe had been destroyed, the proglacial stream valley of the Biebrza River was colonized by Mazovians from the south and by Russians from the east.
		The southeast edges of Suwałki Region are occupied by the upper Biebrza valley.
		It is a part of Biebrza National Park (from the Niedˇwiedzica River confluence to the Biebrza).
	www.suwalszczyzna.pl /eng_ver/eng04.htm (779 words)

	Environmental Science (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Surface water chemistry of the Biebrza river with special emphasis on nutrient flow and vegetation.
		The Biebrza Basin as a reference landscape for fen restoration in the Netherlands.
		The impact of groundwater flow on water and peat chemistry along a gradient from rich fen to transitional fen in the Biebrza Upper Basin.
	mk.geog.uu.nl /products/int1.htm (973 words)

	Biebrzanski National Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The ecological characteristics of the Biebrza Marshes as well as their vastness, contributed to the survival of the fauna, typical of natural swamp and water ecosystems, which is nearly extinct elsewhere.
		From all the studies conducted hitherto on the natural systems in the Biebrza valley, it appears, that the Biebrza Marshes may serve as a highly valuable object of natural and ecological research, which is quite rare nowadays.
		The fauna of breeding birds of the Biebrza River Valley is characterized by the exceptional biodiversity in comparison to both Polish and Central European communities of birds.
	www.staff.amu.edu.pl /~zbzw/ph/pnp/bieb.htm (1713 words)

	Management Support System for Biebrza National Park
		The plant succession, caused mostly by the abandonment of the meadows, is one of the main threats to Biebrza valley nature values.
		In the Biebrza National Park and its protection zone, there are projecting and realizing different investments, which influence on the Park nature is very different.
		Taking it into account and because of the fact, that park area which occupies the territory of 60 thousand ha and its protection zone, which occupies another 60 thousand ha are very diversified, each investment (investment project) for which investors are applying, have to be treated and considered separately.
	levis.sggw.waw.pl /mss/eng/scenarios.htm (757 words)

	Untitled Document
		Biebrza and Bialowieza National Parks, as well as Beloveshakaya Pushcha National Park of Belarus, have urged ASLF continue in its efforts of building the technical capacity of park employees and associated personnel to better manage the world-class ecosystems incorporated within the parks.
		The Biebrza river valley is Poland's largest wildlife refuge; visitors may encounter aurochs (European bison), Europe's biggest animal, elk, wolves, beavers, and otters or enjoy bird watching as it is home to 80 percent of all European bird species.
		In spring, when the Biebrza overflows into its flood plain of several square kilometers, thousands of migratory birds gather here and may be watched from viewing platforms.
	www.aslf.org /ASLF/Newsletters/newsletterF01-article8.html (777 words)

	Polsko: Biebrza National Park
		The Biebrza National Park covers a large part of the Biebrza Valley on a huge depression over 100 km long, filled with a layer of peat, several metres thick, formed during Central Polish and Baltic glaciations.
		The main hydrologic axis of the park is the Biebrza river, 159 km long (in the park's area) and characterised by very small descents (between 0.006 and 0.333 %).
		On the area of the park marked water route along the Biebrza river (130 km) and 13 land tourist routes (403.8 km).
	www.voltek.cz /poklady/polsko/polsko_park-biebrza.htm (1108 words)

	@Poland : National Parks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Biebrza river marshes are worldwide known as a nesting site of many rare European species of water birds and birds of prey (approx.
		In spring, when the Biebrza overflows into its flood plain of several square kilometres, thousands of migratory birds gather here and may be watched from viewing platforms.
		The Biebrza river valley is also Poland's largest wildlife refuge for elk, wolves, beavers, and otters.
	www.pl-info.net /en/tourism/parks/biebrzanski.shtml (118 words)

	Water management measures in the Central Biebrza Basin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Biebrza National Park (BNP), situated in the north-east of Poland, represent an unique environment of wetland with meso- and eutrophic peat ecosystems.
		The scenario’s focused on the raising the water levels in the canals by means of a redistribution of the discharge over the drainage channels and rivers.
		The model was calibrated for the hydrological conditions of 1995 and 1996, using discharges of Biebrza, water levels and groundwater levels.
	www.cig.ensmp.fr /~iahs/maastricht/s34/S3.4_08.htm (433 words)

	Culture
		Located in the Southern Basin of the Biebrza Valley near Wizna, the small village of Wierciszewo is definitely worth a visit.
		Local farmers have to ferry their cattle across the waters of Biebrza similar to their ancestors of the past.
		Jaglowo is one of the oldest most preserved villages of the Biebrza valley.
	www.biebrza.org.pl /ang/kult (584 words)

	GREEN POWER of nature - Polskie Parki Narodowe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The northern basin, called also the Upper Biebrza basin is a 40 km long and 1 - 3 km wide stretch of the valley.
		For some waterfowl species, Biebrza marshes are among the last refuges for the survival of their population in Central Europe.
		Close to the Direction of the Biebrza National Park near Osowiec Railway Station is situated The Field Educational Centre with watchtowers, footbridges, and information boards.
	green_power.webpark.pl /en/18.htm (1152 words)

	Is the Biebrza doomed to perish?
		In Winter 1989/90 a rally of the Lovers of the Biebrza Marshes took place with Mr Krzysztof Wolfram from "Zielone Płuca Polski" (Green Lungs of Poland) as one of the participants.
		The drainage of the riverbasins of two of the Biebrza's tributaries, Jerzmia and Ełk probably accounts for this.
		It must be stressed that the excavator operated within the boundaries of Biebrza Landscape Park and in the vicinity of the Reserve constituting the heritage of perishing nature.
	www.zb.eco.pl /gb/4/biebrza.htm (901 words)

	biodiversity
		The Biebrza Wetlands are especially well known for their rich wildlife.
		Biebrza serves as a wildlife refuge for beavers (the river owes its name to them), deer, roe deer, wild boar, and otters, wolves, foxes, badgers, raccoon dogs, martens, and polecats.
		The Biebrza marshes are Poland's largest haunt for elk: the strictly protected 2,500-hectare Czerwone Bagno ("Red Swamp") has over 500 of them.
	www.uvm.edu /~jdybicki/Wildlife.html (982 words)

	INTECOL 2004: Excursions: Biebrza Wetlands (N.E.Poland)
		The Biebrza is one of the last undisturbed lowland rivers in Europe.
		The wetlands of the Biebrza valley contain floodplains, fens and forests, which do not suffer from drainage, nutrient enrichment and pollution.
		For these reasons, the Biebrza Wetlands are used as a reference for restoration of deteriorated wetlands elsewhere in Europe.
	www.bio.uu.nl /intecol/excursions/post_excursion_3.html (243 words)

	Strona główna
		To admire nature in the Biebrza valley it is best to walk along dams and roads across the marshes.
		It is one of the very last spots in Europe where the landscape is still unspoiled by industrialisation and where endangered rare species can still be observed in their natural environment.
		The moats that surround it and the nearby reserve in an old river- bed of Biebrza are habitats of beavers.
	www.hotelzalesie.terramail.pl /okolice_ang.htm (386 words)

	StayPoland.com - Polish Hotel Reservation Centre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Biebrza is located in the north-east Poland, near to the Belarus border.
		It's the territory of the Biebrza National Park, which was established in 1993 and is the largest Polish national park.
		Biebrza and its surroundings offers a wide range of possibilities.
	www.staypoland.com /about_biebrza.htm (413 words)

	World Wetlands Day 2003: Poland
		First, all the participants listened to a general lecture on water on Earth and Biebrza NP (with a slide show).
		A basic chemical analysis of water brought by kids from different sources (river, streams, wells etc) from their immediate vicinity was completed.
		Basic information about peat creation and peat resources within Biebrza Valley was given to the pupils.
	www.ramsar.org /wwd/3/wwd2003_rpt_poland.htm (366 words)

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