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Las Lanchas Gorge

Robledo del Mazo, La Jara, Toledo

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Las Lanchas Gorge

Nature · Robledo del Mazo, La Jara, Toledo

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The Garganta de las Lanchas is a 436-hectare natural area in the Montes de Toledo, in the municipality of Robledo del Mazo, La Jara district, declared a natural micro-reserve under decree 71/2003 of Castilla-La Mancha. Its rainfall, more abundant than in the surrounding area, and its mild temperatures have allowed the survival of plant formations typical of oceanic and even subtropical climates, true relics of the laurel forests that covered the peninsula 300 million years ago; among them the lorera laurel groves stand out, with around 150 catalogued specimens. At the bottom of the gorge grows a mixed forest of ash, birch, holly, strawberry trees, oaks, Portuguese oaks (quejigos), willows, maples and hawthorns. As it descends, the stream forms the waterfalls known as Las Chorreras.

Photo: LBM1948 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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