Laguna y arenal de Valdoviño
Laguna y arenal de Valdoviño
- Country:
- Spain
- Site number:
- 599
- Area:
- 485.0 ha
- Designation date:
- 10-09-1993
- Coordinates:
- 43°36'24"N 08°10'08"W
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Laguna y Arenal de Valdoviño. 26/03/93; Galicia; 485 ha; 43°36'N 008°10'W. Wildlife Refuge. An artificially regulated coastal lagoon fringed by reedbeds and separated from the sea by a dune barrier and beach complex. Vegetation includes dune communities, fringing reedbeds, and an important riparian Salix sp. and Alnus glutinosa wood. Human activities include tourism, fishing, rush cutting, and cultivation. The area is important for staging birds, mainly ducks and shorebirds. Ramsar site no. 599. Most recent RIS information: 2007.
Administrative region:
Galicia
National legal designation:
- Humedal Protegido
- Zona de Especial Protección de los Valores Naturales
Regional (international) legal designations:
- EU Natura 2000
Last publication date:
01-01-2007
Ramsar Information Sheet (RIS)
- ES599_RIS070219.pdf
- ES599RISformer1992_SP.pdf
- ES599RISformer1992_EN.pdf
- ES599_RISformer990101.pdf
- ES599_map1602.jpg
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Additional reports and documents
A description of the site in a national or regional wetland inventory