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Address and contacts: Správa CHKO Pálava (Administration of Pálava PLA) Náměstí 32 692 01 Mikulov Phone: +420 519 510 585 Fax: +420 519 511 130 Email: palava@ + suffix nature.cz www.palava.nature.cz

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Pálava lies in the northwest promontory of the Panonská lowlands. It is the warmest and almost the most arid area in the Czech Republic, and therefore vines are cultivated here. Because of this climate some plant species that do not occur anywhere else in the country grow here. The colourful mosaic of arid rock grass, fringe communities, thermophilous bushes and thermophilous oakwoods on the Děvín slopes, which originated partly due to the influence of grazing, is called karst forest steppe. The Děvín forest plateaus are dominated by sparse loess oakwoods together with a species-rich herbaceous layer, while Panonian oak-hornbean dominates the north-facing slopes and valleys. Alluvial forests with pedunculate oaks and narrow-leaved ashes and quite small areas of alluvial meadows have been preserved in the Dyje floodplain in the vicinity of Křivé lake. Remains of halophytic vegetation, which occurred quite commonly on the salinated grazing land in South Moravia, still survive on the western bank of Nesyt pond near Sedlec.

Basic data: Area: 83 km2 Location: 48°46´ - 48°53´ N, 16°36´ - 16°45´ E Altitude: 163 m (Dyje u Nových Mlýnů) - 550 m (Děvín) Designation: Ministry of Culture order (No. 5790/1976) Small-scale protected areas in the PLA: - 4 National nature reserves - 1 National nature monument - 5 Nature reserves - 4 Nature monuments Cahnov-Soutok, Lednické rybníky, Pouzdřanská step-Kolby, Ranšpurk and Větrníky national nature reserves (lying outside the PLA) are also administred by the Administration of Pálava PLA.

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