Aerial landscape of coastline shores near Vonitsa at the Ambracian Gulf in the Ionian Sea, Greece
Aerial image of National Park Amvrakikos. Amvrakikos Gulf is one of the biggest wetlands in Greece, both in size and importance. A wetland of big aesthetic and ecological value. The Gulf covers an area of approximately 400 km2 and it is an enclosed sea that is consisted of many smaller wetlands. The rivers of Louros and Arachthos empty into Amvrakikos gulf, carrying great and important amounts of debris, contributing this way to the development of an extremely complicated and unique for Greece wetland ecosystem. Amvrakikos gulf is connected to the Ionian Sea by a narrow strait, the Preveza channel. It is a wetland of great importance, not just for Greek, but for international environmental state also.
