Embalses de Cordobilla y Malpasillo

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Embalses de Cordobilla y Malpasillo

  • Country: 
    Spain
  • Site number: 
    703
  • Area: 
    1,972 ha
  • Designation date: 
    04-10-1994
  • Coordinates: 
    37°19'N 04°40'W
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Overview

Embalses de Cordobilla y Malpasillo. 04/10/94; Andalucía; 1,972 ha; 37°19'N 004°40'W. Natural Park. The site consists of two reservoirs fringed by dense riparian vegetation consisting of reedbeds, marshes and woodlands. The site supports an internationally important wintering population of the globally-endangered duck Oxyura leucocephala, as well as nationally important numbers of various other species of waterbirds. Agriculture is the predominant human activity. Ramsar site no. 703. Most recent RIS information: 1999.

Administrative region: 
Andalucía

  • National legal designation: 
    • Paraje Natural
  • Regional (international) legal designations: 
    • EU Natura 2000
  • Last publication date: 
    01-01-1999

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