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L'Albufera
Quick facts
- Natura 2000 site (code ES0000023)
- Under Habitats Directive
- Since July 2001
- Country: Spain
- Administrative region: Comunidad Valenciana (ES52)
- Surface area: 275 km2 (27538.00 ha)
- Marine area: 24%
- Located in Mediterranean and Marine Mediterranean biogeographical regions
- It protects 71 species of the Nature Directives
- It protects 16 habitat types of the Habitats Directive
Source and more information: Natura 2000 Standard Data Form
Species
List
Gallery
Species summary
Nature directives' species in this site (71)| Species group | Number |
|---|---|
| Birds | 59 |
| Ferns | 2 |
| Fishes | 3 |
| Flowering Plants | 1 |
| Mammals | 4 |
| Reptiles | 2 |
Habitat types
| Habitat type code | Habitat type english name | Cover [ha] |
|---|---|---|
| 1110 | Sandbanks which are slightly covered by sea water all the time | 550.76 |
| 1120 | Posidonia beds (Posidonion oceanicae) | 2203.04 |
| 1150 | Coastal lagoons | 6058.36 |
| 1210 | Annual vegetation of drift lines | 275.38 |
| 1410 | Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi) | 275.38 |
| 2110 | Embryonic shifting dunes | 275.38 |
| 2120 | Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria ('white dunes') | 275.38 |
| 2190 | Humid dune slacks | 275.38 |
| 2240 | Brachypodietalia dune grasslands with annuals | 275.38 |
| 2250 | Coastal dunes with Juniperus spp | 275.38 |
| 2260 | Cisto-Lavenduletalia dune sclerophyllous scrubs | 275.38 |
| 3140 | Hard oligo-mesotrophic waters with benthic vegetation of Chara spp | 6058.36 |
| 3150 | Natural eutrophic lakes with Magnopotamion or Hydrocharition -type vegetation | 275.38 |
| 3170 | Mediterranean temporary ponds | 275.38 |
| 5330 | Thermo-Mediterranean and pre-desert scrub | 550.76 |
| 7210 | Calcareous fens with Cladium mariscus and species of the Caricion davallianae | 275.38 |
Designation information
NATURA 2000 is the ecological network for the conservation of wild animals and plant
species and natural habitats of Community importance within the Union. It consists of
sites classified under the Birds Directive and the Habitats Directive (the Nature Directives).
NATURA 2000 site under
| Birds Directive 2009/147/EC (SPA) |
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| Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC (SCI) |
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July 2001 |
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Not available |
| Date of Standard data form update | November 2013 |
Other resources
| Natura 2000 map viewer | Interactive map designed for showing and querying Natura 2000 sites. Other information such as Nationally designated areas and LIFE projects are also available. |
| Protected planet map viewer | Interactive map showing the World Database on Protected Areas |
| European protected sites map viewer | Simple interactive map showing Natura 2000 sites and Nationally designated areas |
| Data download | The Natura 2000 dataset is available from the European Environment Agency website |
