Delta de l’Ebre, Catalunya, Spain
The Delta de l’Ebre is the largest coastal wetland in Catalunya and the second largest in Spain after the Coto Donana, covering 320 km². It is probably the most important wetland in the western Mediterranean after the Carmargue in France. This internationally important area for birds is designated as a Parque Natural and RAMSAR site.
The Delta de l’Ebre is a massive triangular deposit of sediment fed by the Rio Ebre which drains much of north east Spain including the southern slopes of the Pyrenees. The delta extends in to the Mediterranean Sea for around 20km and is one of the most extensive rice growing areas in Spain.
Whilst much of the natural vegetation has disappeared under rice cultivation, the paddies provide large areas of open water for most of the year and are very attractive to a wide range and large number of breeding and wintering wetland birds (herons, egrets, ducks, waders, gulls, terns, etc.). The natural habitat of lagoons, reedbeds, woods, sand dunes and saline steppes are also very important.
Date: 10th November 2009
The Delta de l’Ebre is a massive triangular deposit of sediment fed by the Rio Ebre which drains much of north east Spain including the southern slopes of the Pyrenees. The delta extends in to the Mediterranean Sea for around 20km and is one of the most extensive rice growing areas in Spain.
Whilst much of the natural vegetation has disappeared under rice cultivation, the paddies provide large areas of open water for most of the year and are very attractive to a wide range and large number of breeding and wintering wetland birds (herons, egrets, ducks, waders, gulls, terns, etc.). The natural habitat of lagoons, reedbeds, woods, sand dunes and saline steppes are also very important.
Date: 10th November 2009
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