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Ports Natural Park (Roquetes and Alfara Slope)

Roquetes, Baix Ebre, Tarragona

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Ports Natural Park (Roquetes and Alfara Slope)

Nature · Roquetes, Baix Ebre, Tarragona

Ports Natural Park (Roquetes and Alfara Slope)

The Els Ports massif, with its cliffs and ravines, to the south of the Baix Ebre, on the slopes of Roquetes and Alfara de Carles. Declared a natural park in 2001, it covers 35,050 hectares and nine municipalities, and reaches its highest point at Mont Caro, at 1,441 metres. It is home to more than 1,300 plant species, including the southernmost beech forests on the Iberian Peninsula, alongside pine woods of black pine and Scots pine. Among its fauna are the Iberian wild goat, birds of prey such as the griffon vulture, the golden eagle and Bonelli's eagle, and more than half of Catalonia's reptile and amphibian species. The relief includes cliff faces, escarpments and deep gorgs (pools) carved out by the rivers.

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