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Aiguabarreig Segre-Noguera Pallaresa Protected Natural Area

Nature area / Countryside / Open space, Natura 2000 network, Natura 2000 Network: Special Protection Area (SPA)
This area formed by the confluence of the Noguera Pallaresa and Segre rivers is home to some very interesting landscapes, due to the presence of impressive limestone cliffs near to the river and reservoirs. There are numerous leisure activities you can do here, such as sailing, bird watching, climbing, caving and angling.

This area is formed by the confluence of the Noguera Pallaresa and Segre rivers, and is sandwiched between the cliffs of the Mont-roig and Carbonera mountain ranges and the Camarasa, Sant Llorenç de Montgai and Partidor de Balaguer reservoirs, all three of which are used to generate hydroelectric power. It is an excellent example of an epigenist gorge in the central Pyrenean foothills.

It is a blend of a Mediterranean nature mixed with a certain dose of continental elements and boasts many interesting features.

Here, we can find some very interesting landscapes, due to the presence of impressive limestone cliffs near to the river and reservoirs, such as that of Sant Llorenç de Montgai. Numerous recreational activities can be carried out in the area, including sailing in Camarasa, bathing or birdwatching. There are campsites and leisure areas. It is also possible to go climbing, caving and angling.

  • Year of declaration: 1992
  • Regulations: Decree 328/1992, of 14 December.
  • Area: 10101
  • Ownership: Public
  • District: Camarasa; Avellanes i Santa Linya, les; Alòs de Balaguer; Foradada; Artesa de Segre; Cubells; Ponts; Os de Balaguer; Baronia de Rialb, la; Balaguer; Tiurana.
  • Visitor centres: S
  • Opening hours - summer : Advance booking. Phone: (+34) 973 420 068.
  • Opening hours - winter: Advance booking. Phone: (+34) 973 420 068.
  • How to get there: The LV-9047 road from Camarasa to Sant Llorenç de Montgai. Halfway between the two villages, take the forest road that runs alongside the reservoir to the Sant Llorenç de Montgai mountains.
  • Languages: Catalan, Spanish

Facilities

Accommodation

Parking

Picnic area

Toilets

Bar/cafeteria

Restaurant

Signposted itineraries

Flora

The area offers a Mediterranean landscape, but with a certain continental feel, a factor which is indicated by the dominance of the kermes oak grove (Quercetum rotundifoliae).

The flooded environments along the edges of the riverbed are occupied by marsh vegetation including hygrophytes and helophytes, which play an important role.

Here, we can also find other communities, like fescues (Thero-Brachypodion) or humid grasslands (Molinio-Holoschoenion).

Among the more unique floral elements, we mustn’t forget to mention Petrocoptis montsicciana, a rupicolous species endemic to the Pyrenean foothills and catalogued as being of European interest.

Fauna

As the area boasts different environments and a certain geographic isolation, the presence of some relevant species is encouraged such as the Griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus), the Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus), the bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) and the peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus). Likewise, the reservoirs in the area provide an important refuge for wintering birds, as well as numerous nesting species, such as the great reed warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus), the great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus), the purple heron (Ardea purpurea) or the black tern (Chlidonias niger).

Otters (Lutra lutra) have also been observed on the shores in this area and the caves house numerous bat colonies, such as the bent-winged bat (Miniopterus schreibersii), the Mediterranean horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus euryale), the lesser mouse-eared bat (Myotis Blyth) or the long-fingered bat (Myotis capaccinii).

Among the fish, we must point out the twait shad (Alosa fallax) as one of the most interesting specimens.

Routes

Bird-watching tourism

WHAT IS AROUND HERE?
Aiguabarreig Segre-Noguera Pallaresa Protected Natural Area

  • Aiguabarreig Segre-Noguera Pallaresa Protected Natural Area

  • Address:Square Major, 1

  • 25613 Camarasa

  • Lleida / Terres de Lleida

  • Aiguabarreig Segre-Noguera Pallaresa Protected Natural Area

  • Aiguabarreig Segre-Noguera Pallaresa Protected Natural Area

  • Address: Square Major, 1

  • 25613 Camarasa

  • Lleida / Terres de Lleida

  • Telephone:973 420 009

  • Fax:973 420 302

  • E-mail:ajuntament@camarasa.cat

  • Web:http://mediambient.gencat.cat/ca/05_ambits_dactuacio/patrimoni_natural/senp_catalunya/espais_sistema/lleida/aps/

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