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Lighthouse of Avión

Avión, Ribeiro, Ourense

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Lighthouse of Avión

Nature · Avión, Ribeiro, Ourense

Mountain range that closes off the municipality of Avión to the west, at the western end of the Ribeiro, adjoining the Serra do Suído -separated from it by the rivers Tea and Avia- and shared with Melón, Carballeda de Avia, Covelo and A Cañiza. It rises to 1,155 metres between the headwaters of the Avia and the Cerves, from where both Ourense and Pontevedra can be seen. Its ecological value is exceptional: it is home to wolves, golden eagles and eagle owls, extensive peat bogs and oak groves (carballeiras), and traces of an ancient glacier. It feeds the Miño with rivers such as the Brul, the Cerves, the Deva and the Tea, and has sites such as the Tourón waterfall. On its slopes also rises the Avia, which together with the Couso, the Valderías and the Cardelle forms the river network of Avión. It has no protected status and is heavily affected by wind farms.

Photo: Noucho (Public domain)

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