Nedre Dalälven River Landscape Biosphere Reserve

UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, inscribed 2011, in Sweden. The Nedre Dalälven area has a varied landscape with a wide range of ecosystems linked to local habitats. These include a large river with bays, lakes, tributaries, waterways, rapids, ravines, microhabitats in farmland, river meadows, shore grasslands, productive forest lands, old-growth forest, freshwater swamp forest, broadleaf deciduous forest and grazing lands. The Nedre Dalälven lies in the borderland between the European broadleaf deciduous forest region, with a large proportion of hardwood trees, and the northern coniferous forest region.