FLORA AND FAUNA ALONG THE RIVER ARAHTOS

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FLORA AND FAUNA ALONG THE RIVER ARAHTOS
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FLORA ALONG THE ARAHTOS

• The flora of the river consists of more than 1800
  kinds of plants. A lot of them are rare and they
  dont even exist anywhere else apart from this
  area.

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• A lot of wild flowers grow in this area such as
  lilium, albanicum, dactulorisa, saccifera,
  primula veris, crocus veluchensis, centaurea
  vlachorum which was named after the name of
  Vlahon people - who lived near the Pindos viola
  dukadjinika etc

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FLORA
ANEMONE
PINK ANEMONE
YELLOW ANEMONE
TOOTH OF LEO
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FLORA
IRIS
BROOM
DAISY WHEEL
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FLORA
PRIMROSE
LILAC
ROSE WILD
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FLORA
GERANIUM
ROSE
WILD DAISY WHEEL
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FLORA
SNOWDROP
HEATHER
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?REE
CHESTNUT TREE
APPLE TREE
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REAR
GROOSBERIES
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CHERISH TREE
FIG TREE
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PINE TREE
PLANE (TREE)
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• If someone follows the paths of the Pindos can
  meat a lot of wild flowers, some of which grow
  only in this area, a great deal of broad leafed
  trees, a rich flora, mammals such as the brown
  bear, the lynx, the wild goat, 80 species of
  birds such as the gold eagle and the black
  woodpecker, species of birds which have bean
  extinct.

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FAUNA ALONG THE ARAHTOS

• The lie of the mountains and the exceptional
  fauna creat the circumstances for a rich flora
  (partridge wild pigs, rabbits, deer, wolves,
  foxes, squirrels)

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• The Lesser Spotted Eagle (Aquila pomarina) One
  or two pairs of Lesser Spotted Eagles come and
  nest every summer in the wooded hills around the
  wetlands of Arahtos.

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• The Bittern (Botaurus stellaris) The Bittern is
  a rare species of heron. It was in the large reed
  beds of Arahtos that it was first recorded as
  nesting in Greece

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• The Spotted Eagle (Aquila clanga) Thiw is one
  of the rarest eagles in Europe and Greece.
  Appriximately 8 10 Spotted eagles spend the
  winter in Arahtos, perched on isolated trees or
  searching for sick or injured water birds

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FAUNA
COW
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FAUNA
HORSES
TURKEYS
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FAUNA
GOATS
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FAUNA
HENS
SHEEP DOGS
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FAUNA
BUTTERFLY
SALAMANDRA