Size of Wadden Sea Habitats
(source: QSR 2004)
|
Habitats |
Size
(kmē) |
|
Tidal
Area*: |
7,200 |
| - intertidal area |
4,600 |
| - subtidal area |
2,600 |
|
Salt
Marshes* |
400 |
|
Dunes* |
200 |
|
Blue mussel beds |
45 |
|
Seagrass beds |
69 |
| |
|
* as defined in the
Trilateral Wadden Sea Plan (1997)
Size of the Trilateral Conservation Area
and Wadden Sea Area (Trilateral Cooperation Area)
(source: QSR 2004)
|
Protection |
| |
Conservation Area |
Wadden Sea Area |
| Denmark |
1,250 |
1,500 |
| Germany |
|
9,050 |
|
Schleswig-Holstein National Park |
4,410 |
|
|
Hamburg National Park |
137.5 |
|
|
Niedersachsen National Park |
2,777 |
|
| Ems,
Elbe |
34 |
|
| The Netherlands |
2,600 |
3,900 |
| NL-FRG Disputed
Area |
|
250 |
|
Trilateral |
11,208.5 |
14,700 |
|
