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Arribes del Duero Natural Park

Coordinates: 41°19′25″N 6°23′00″W / 41.32361°N 6.38333°W / 41.32361; -6.38333
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Arribes del Duero
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
Map
LocationSalamanca and Zamora provinces, Castile and León, Spain
Nearest citySalamanca or Zamora
Coordinates41°19′25″N 6°23′00″W / 41.32361°N 6.38333°W / 41.32361; -6.38333
Area106.105 ha
EstablishedApril 11, 2002
Visitors39.540 (in 2010)
Governing bodyCastile and León
www.patrimonionatural.org/ren.php?espacio_id=6

Arribes del Duero Natural Park is a protected area in western Spain, covering 106.105 ha in the autonomous community of Castile and León. In this area the river Duero forms the national boundary between Spain and Portugal, and the Portugal side is also protected under the figure of International Douro Natural Park. The most notable characteristics of this natural space are its biodiversity and range of watercourses, which have eroded deep valleys and vertiginous precipices. This landscape is known as Arribes, from where the reserve name come.

The Douro Natural Park

Fauna

The park is a Special Protection Area, recognised by European Union for birds such as the black stork.

See also