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Lake Tisza.(travel information)
- Article from:
- Hungary Adventure Guide
- Article date:
- January 1, 2007
- Author:
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The Tisza River shimmers in the sun as it enters its huge reservoir. It seems alive, brushed into movement by the wind, slapping the shore with its fingers, lined by reed forests where hundreds of birds nest. Hundreds of cormorants and eagles perch atop branches rising out of the water in the vast expanse of the shallow lake, appearing as specks, watching boaters approach and then pass by. It is a primeval forest close enough to touch and experience, a water wonderland.
Yet, though naturally beautiful, the Tisza is artificially created. It is probably the first dam control system in the world (1970) to deliberately integrate a self-sustaining environmental area. ...
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