Guadiana Valley Natural Park (Portuguese: Parque Natural do Vale do Guadiana) is a natural park in southeastern Portugal. It is one of the 30 areas which are officially under protection in the country.
Guadiana Valley Natural Park | |
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IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape) | |
Location | Distrito de Beja |
Nearest city | Mértola, Serpa |
Coordinates | 37°39′02″N 7°38′42″W / 37.65056°N 7.64500°W |
Area | 697 km2 (269 sq mi) |
Established | 18 November 1995 |
Governing body | Institute for Nature Conservation and Forests |
The top of the flow gage tower was reached by the Guadiana twice in 50 years.[1]
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Pulo do Lobo (Wolf's Leap) is a waterfall in the Guadiana river, in the Guadiana Valley Natural Park.
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Pulo Do Lobo, flow gage tower
References
edit- ^ Guadiana pilot river basin - Portugal[permanent dead link]. Rui Rodrigues. INAG (Portuguese Institute for Water)
External links
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Guadiana Valley Natural Park.
- Guadiana Valley Natural Park webpage at the Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e da Biodiversidade (ICNB) (in Portuguese)