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Parque Natural de Cornalvo
Badajoz · Extremadura
Photo: Lorenzo Vallés · CC BY-SA 3.0
Cornalvo Natural Park is a protected natural area in the province of Badajoz, in Extremadura. It was declared on 19 November 2004 and covers 11,601 hectares across five municipalities: Aljucén, Guareña, Mérida, Mirandilla and San Pedro de Mérida.
Its most representative habitat is the dehesa of holm and cork oak; on the slopes, Mediterranean woodland and scrub survive, and the riverside vegetation is very well preserved. The terrain is gentle, broken by the Bermeja and del Moro ranges, which close the park to the south.
More than 250 vertebrate species have been recorded, including over 175 birds, with several breeding pairs of black stork, and the jarabugo, a fish endemic to the Guadiana basin that is in danger of extinction. The Roman dam of Cornalvo was declared a National Monument in 1912.
Source of the information: Parque natural de Cornalvo (Wikipedia)
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