Madatapa Managed Reserve

Protected nature area in Georgia

41°10′46″N 43°46′59″E / 41.17944°N 43.78306°E / 41.17944; 43.78306Area13.98 km² (5.40 sq mi)Established2011Governing bodyAgency of Protected AreasWebsiteJavakheti Protected Areas Administration

Ramsar Wetland

Official nameMadatapa LakeDesignated8 July 2020Reference no.2435^[1]

Madatapa Managed Reserve (Georgian: მადათაფის ტბის აღკვეთილი) is a protected area in Ninotsminda Municipality in Samtskhe-Javakheti region of Georgia. It protects Madatapa Lake situated in the south-eastern part of the volcanic Javakheti Plateau, at an altitude of 2108 m above sea level.^[2]

Madatapa Managed Reserve is part of Javakheti Protected Areas which also includes Javakheti National Park, Kartsakhi Managed Reserve, Sulda Managed Reserve, Khanchali Managed Reserve, Bugdasheni Managed Reserve.^[3]

Fauna

Madatapa Lake is one of the most important in Georgia for breeding and staging waterbirds such as the endangered Dalmatian pelican.^[4] Since 2020 the Lake has been designated as a protected Ramsar site.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Madatapa Lake". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
^ Madatapa in Georgia Protected Planet
^ Javakheti Protected Areas Administration
^ Evans, M. I.; Heath, Melanie F. (2000). Important bird areas in Europe: priority sites for conservation. BirdLife International. p. 255. ISBN 978-0-946888-35-1. Retrieved 6 October 2011.