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2 24 Travelling around Greece June 2022
T Th he e A Ax xi io os s D De el lt ta a N Na at ti io on na al l P Pa ar rk k
West of Thermaikos Bay 11th Primary School Of Evosmos Thessaloniki, Article of class 5th grade
lies the Axios National Park
, which also includes the
Axios Delta. There, in the Translated from the
spring and summer, in the Greek text: Lia Simitzidou
woods by the riverfront and
on its isles, thousands of
birds gather to reproduce. examplerisingtemperatures
Among other species, one , sea levelrise and
comes across night crows, extremeweatherconditions
spoonbills, white egrets, such as floods. What is
silver egrets, the grey worse is that the water
heron, hounds, and copper levels of the rivers are
hens. In its meadows, horse lowering. All of the above
herds roam free, constitute a problem for
descendants of the horses water abstraction.
that the farmers had
deserted in the 60s. On its The good visitor’s
northern banks we find one guide!
of the last remaining parts We mustn’t litter and
of the riverside forest, tailedeagles that can be plant species? Some of generally speaking we
where weeping willows, found in Greece. those are considered mustn’t interfere with
aspens and the alder can be Here there are over 370 protected species, suchas nature. We do not allow our
found. plant species which various the sealilly, the waterfern doggies to fool around
animals feed on, and of and the waterchestnut. freely. We hold them by
Did you know that the course I do, too. Lots of their leash while we are
Haliacmon is the longest animal and plant species Threats to the Axios enjoying our stroll through
river flowing entirely in are protected and safe at Delta habitat the forest by the river!
Greece? Moreover, did you the Axios delta. Garbage, burnt trees, The Axios-Loudias-
know that Haliacmon Itofferssupport by the river endangered species! Felled Haliacmon delta is a
possesses an extensive banks and creates the trees, illegal sand mining precious habitat for many
delta where, due to the fact necessarynaturalpathways carried out in the dark...A animal species, some of
it’s not easily accessible for the wildcat and the wolf. greatmenacefacing the which, in fact, are faced with
and also due to limited 299 bird species nest there, greekfauna is poaching extinction, such as the
human presence, many that is a 66% of (illegal hunting). groundsquirrel (
wildlife species find shelter? whathasbeenobserved to Anotherthreat is Spermophiluscitellus ) and
Among those is one of the thisday in Greece. Did you climatechange, for the otter. (Lutralutra)
rarecouples of white- know there are over 370