Rudy Landscape Park

Rudy Landscape Park (full name Park Krajobrazowy Cysterskie Kompozycje Krajobrazowe Rud Wielkich: "Landscape Park of the Cistercian Landscape Compositions of Rudy Wielkie") is a protected area (landscape park) in southern Poland, established in 1993, covering an area of 493.87 square kilometres (190.68 sq mi).

Rudy Landscape Park
Park Krajobrazowy Cysterskie Kompozycje Krajobrazowe Rud Wielkich
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
Location	Silesian Voivodeship
Area	493.87 km²
Established	1993

The Park lies within Silesian Voivodeship: in Gliwice County (Gmina Pilchowice, Gmina Sośnicowice), Pszczyna County (Gmina Suszec), Racibórz County (Gmina Nędza) and Rybnik County (Gmina Czerwionka-Leszczyny, Gmina Gaszowice, Gmina Jejkowice, Gmina Lyski).

Protected are the remnants of natural riparian and oak-hornbeam forests, typical of the upper Odra valley, as well as ponds - breeding grounds for birds and habitats of rare mud and water plants (e.g. yellow watercress, water caltrop). Monuments of animate and inanimate nature include an erratic boulder northeast of Rybnik-Paruszowiec.

See also

• Sobieski Oak