title: Hoxhara wetland
text: # Hoxhara wetland
  
  The Hoxhara wetland (Albanian: Këneta e Hoxharës) was a former wetland in the south of the western Lowlands of Albania, close to the village of Hoxharë.
  
  The wetland was artificially drained in 1962. As a result, 7000ha of land could be used for agriculture and additional 12,000ha had improvement in the soil quality. On the other hand, there was a negative impact on the ecologic balance with many local flora and fauna species being destroyed or going extinct.
  
  