Nature preserve of Klátov branch
This preserved region is a very important part of a unique nature in the middle of an agricultural land in the south of Slovakia. This area has 306 hectares and a lenght of 25 km. From this lenght the water course is 18 km long and the speciality of this course is that it has no spring - it is fed from underground water.
The width together with the shore fauna is 25 - 70 cm. It starts in the catastre of the commune Orechová Potôň, it goes through the communes Dunajský Klátov, Horné Mýto, Trhová Hradská and in Topoľníky it falls into the Small Danube. The "Klátov branch" is well known for its beauty in width region. The native inhabitants call it "Klatovsky potok", hungarian "Tőkésiág" and Austrian "Elizabeth Fluss". The water is full of life. There is a big variety of water animals and fish, which can reach hoary dimensions. Fishing is in the preserved area strictly forbidden as in other preserved areas. The exploration of water animals in the "Klatov brach" is still not finished.
On the water surface we can find many kind of water and bog birds: wild ducks, dabchicks, decoy ducks, swans and other.
Sometimes we can find also caigues which are comming from the Danube side and near the water it is the beave-rat, hedgehog, rabbit, fawn and the weasel. The flora has also a rich abudance. The shores are full of dense coppice of trees, where we can find oaks, maples, abeles and salixes. The shore coppices are changing their places with bog plants like rattans and water-lilys. In the water we can find a variety of water plants including the unique white water - lily, which covers somewhere even the whole surface of the course.
