Laguna de Gallocanta

Country:: Spain
Site number:: 655
Area:: 6,720.0 ha
Designation date:: 07-06-1994
Coordinates:: 40°58'N 01°30'W

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Laguna de Gallocanta. 07/06/94; Aragón; 6,720 ha; 40°58'N 001°33'W. European Community Special Protection Area; National Hunting Refuge. The largest endorheic saline lake on the Iberian Peninsula, subject to seasonal fluctuations in water levels and salinity. The area supports a rich and varied flora consisting of deciduous trees, rush and reedbeds, and halophytic communities. The site is internationally important for numerous species of nesting, staging and wintering waterbirds. In particular, the site supports 80% of the Western European population of Grus grus during their fall migration. Human activities include agriculture and timber harvesting. Ramsar site no. 655. Most recent RIS information: 1999.

Administrative region: Aragón

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