NISOS CHRYSI
Quick facts
- Natura 2000 site (code GR4320003)
- Under Habitats Directive
- Since April 1997
- Country: Greece
- Administrative region: Kriti (GR43)
- Surface area: 5 km2 (514.67 ha)
- Marine area: 0%
- Located in Mediterranean biogeographical region
- It protects 0 species of the Nature Directives
- It protects 12 habitat types of the Habitats Directive
Source and more information: Natura 2000 Standard Data Form
Habitat types
Habitat type code | Habitat type english name | Cover [ha] |
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1160 | Large shallow inlets and bays | 120.239 |
1210 | Annual vegetation of drift lines | 0.261201 |
1310 | Salicornia and other annuals colonizing mud and sand | 1.25073 |
1420 | Mediterranean and thermo-Atlantic halophilous scrubs (Sarcocornetea fruticosi) | 28.8265 |
1430 | Halo-nitrophilous scrubs (Pegano-Salsoletea) | 0.141546 |
2110 | Embryonic shifting dunes | 18.9792 |
2120 | Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria ('white dunes') | 2.81851 |
2230 | Malcolmietalia dune grasslands | 0.293289 |
2250 | Coastal dunes with Juniperus spp | 69.3302 |
5210 | Arborescent matorral with Juniperus spp | 294.438 |
5420 | Sarcopoterium spinosum phryganas | 18.0196 |
6220 | Pseudo-steppe with grasses and annuals of the Thero-Brachypodietea | 54.3664 |
Designation information
NATURA 2000 site under
Birds Directive 2009/147/EC (SPA) |
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Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC (SCI) |
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April 1997 |
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September 2006 |
Date designated as Special Area of Conservation (SAC) | March 2011 |
Date of Standard data form update | July 2020 |
Other resources
Natura 2000 map viewer | Interactive map designed for showing and querying Natura 2000 sites. Other information such as Nationally designated areas and LIFE projects are also available. |
Protected planet map viewer | Interactive map showing the World Database on Protected Areas |
European protected sites map viewer | Simple interactive map showing Natura 2000 sites and Nationally designated areas |
Data download | The Natura 2000 dataset is available from the European Environment Agency website |