CHKO Litovelské Pomoraví
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Protected landscape area established 1990 covering 96 km² around the Morava River floodplain north of Olomouc. The meandering river and its anastomosing system of channels create floodplain forests that protect surrounding villages by acting as a natural polder during floods.
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Litovelské Pomoraví Protected Landscape Area (Czech: Chráněná krajinná oblast Litovelské Pomoraví, usually abbreviated as CHKO Litovelské Pomoraví) is a protected landscape area in the floodplain of the Morava River, north of Olomouc in the Czech Republic. It was established on 15 November 1990 on an area of 96 km2 (37 sq mi). In the centre of the area lies the town of Litovel, from which the protected area has derived its name. The ecological backbone of the protected landscape area is the naturally meandering Morava, in floodplain forests branching out and forming a complex system of permanent and temporary river arms, a so-called anastomosing river system. The uncontrollability and power of regular floods in the Middle Ages led Hanakian farmers to building a wreath of dikes around the forest where it meets agricultural land. Thanks to these the floodplain forests of Litovelské Pomoraví have within living memory offered significant flood protection to surrounding villages and the cities of Olomouc and Litovel, as they form an enormous natural polder catching and storing the overflowing water without causing damage. West of Litovel the floodplain forest complex passes into the picturesque...