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Nature Reserve of the Estany d'Ivars i Vila-sana

Vila-sana, Pla d'Urgell, Lleida

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Nature Reserve of the Estany d'Ivars i Vila-sana

Nature · Vila-sana, Pla d'Urgell, Lleida

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A wetland restored between Ivars d'Urgell and Vila-sana, one of the largest projects to restore a lake in Catalonia: drained in 1951 as part of an agricultural drainage plan, against the will of the population, it took four decades to begin recovering, with a protocol signed in 1993, a managing consortium set up in 2002 and refilling completed in 2009. It covers 126 hectares, with 2.4 cubic hectometres of water and a maximum depth of 3.8 metres, making it the largest lake in Catalonia together with that of Banyoles. More than 225 bird species have been observed, including the bearded reedling, an endangered species, and the area has 25 islands and nature trails.

Photo: ESM (talk) (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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