Paúl de Tornada
- Country:Portugal
- Site number:1106
- Area:50 ha
- Designation date:24-10-2001
- Coordinates:39°26'N 09°08'W
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Overview
Paúl de Tornada (Tornada Marsh). 24/10/01; Regiao Lisboa e Vale do Tejo; 50 ha; 39°27'N 009°03'W. A small freshwater permanently flooded marsh in a small alluvial plain, with extensive reed beds and numerous areas of open water, surrounded by agricultural and forest land. It fulfils the representativeness Criterion 1 and also supports a considerable diversity of species, particularly of migratory birds, as well as some threatened fish, mammal, reptile, and amphibian species. The site is presently located on private property that is rented to the environmental organizations GEOTA and PATO, with national and local government support, and a visitors' centre and observatory are in place. Ramsar site no. 1106. Most recent RIS information: 2001.
Administrative region:
Lisboa e Vale do Tejo, Oeste
- National legal designation:
- none
- Last publication date:24-10-2001