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Rice and the channelling of the marsh

Pego, La Marina Alta, Alicante

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Rice and the channelling of the marsh

Historical milestone · Pego, La Marina Alta, Alicante

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The wetland that occupies the plain was channelled from the eighteenth century with irrigation channels and drainage ditches so that rice could be planted, an activity that sustained the local economy for two hundred years. In 1994 the marsh was declared a natural park and the rice-growing area was regulated.

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Photo: CTHOE (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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