Feasibility study and a concept development for ecological farming in the lake peipsi basin

Area of the Viru-Peipsi water management plan covers North-Eastern, Eastern and South-Eastern Estonia. Therefore 10 counties belong into this region to a greater or smaller extent. 19 towns and 70 communities entirety and 18 communities partly belongs into this region. At January 1, 2002 lived 490 thousand inhabitants in the region that is ca 35% of total population of Estonia. Surface waters of the region are rich and diverse. According to the official list of the Estonian rivers, streams and ditches (1984) there are 29 rivers longer than 50 km and 14 of them are located in the Viru-Peipsi water management region.

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