Middle Course of the river Albaida

This space, which is mostly located in the region of “La Vall d’Albaida”, is exclusively a river area. Two areas can be easily differentiated from the recently built reservoir of Bellús. Thus, if you go upstream, the bed of the river is limited by an extensive agricultural area, where the quality of water is not good due to the waste products dumped into the river throughout the Vall d’Albaida region. Nevertheless, if you go downstream, in the area known as the “Estret de les Aigües” (“Strait of the Waters”), the river has an excellent environmental quality, and in spite of the urban development pressure, forms interesting riverside ecosystems.

This place is a response to the need to establish spaces for the conservation of different species of freshwater fishes —such as Rutilus arcasii or Chondrostoma arrigonis—. This is the reason why the present habitats are limited to the above mentioned river areas: Mediterranean rivers, Nerio-Tamaricetea, Mediterranean wet meadows and fluvial corridors of Salix and Populus alba.

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	Middle Course of the river Albaida This space, which is mostly located in the region of “La Vall d’Albaida”, is exclusively a river area. Two areas can be easily differentiated from the recently built reservoir of Bellús. Thus, if you go upstream, the bed of the river is limited by an extensive agricultural area, where the quality of water is not good due to the waste products dumped into the river throughout the Vall d’Albaida region. Nevertheless, if you go downstream, in the area known as the “Estret de les Aigües” (“Strait of the Waters”), the river has an excellent environmental quality, and in spite of the urban development pressure, forms interesting riverside ecosystems. This place is a response to the need to establish spaces for the conservation of different species of freshwater fishes —such as Rutilus arcasii or Chondrostoma arrigonis—. This is the reason why the present habitats are limited to the above mentioned river areas: Mediterranean rivers, Nerio-Tamaricetea, Mediterranean wet meadows and fluvial corridors of Salix and Populus alba. Natural spaces index Up
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