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Wildlife Area Attractions In Val d'Aran

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Aran is an administrative entity in Catalonia, Spain, consisting of the Aran Valley, 620.47 square kilometres in area, in the Pyrenees mountains, in the northwestern part of the province of Lleida. This valley constitutes one of only two areas of contiguous Spain that are located on the northern side of the Pyrenees. Hence, this valley holds the only Catalan rivers to flow into the Atlantic Ocean . The Garonne river flows through Aran from its source on the Pla de Beret near the Port de la Bonaigua. It is joined by the Joèu river which passes underground at the Forau de Aigualluts. It then reappears in the Val dera Artiga de Lin before reaching the Ar...
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Wildlife Area Attractions In Val d'Aran

  • 1. Estany de Vielha Vielha
    Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park , is one of the fourteen Spanish national parks, and the only one located in Catalonia. A wild mountain region in the Pyrenees, with peaks rising to 3017 m and with nearly 200 lakes, many of them of glacial origin, the park comprises a core area of 141 km2 and a buffer zone of 267 km2 surrounding the park. The park's name in Catalan is Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici, freely translated as The winding streams and St. Maurice lake. The park has an elevation range of 1600 to 3000 metres and contains four major vegetation zones: lower montane, upper montane, subalpine and alpine. The fauna includes Pyrenean chamois, marmot, ermine, roe deer, among other mammals and numerous birds . The park was created in 1955 after Ordesa y Monte Per...
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