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Prat de Cabanes i Torreblanca
Quick facts
- Natura 2000 site (code ES0000060)
- Under Habitats Directive
- Since December 1997
- Country: Spain
- Administrative region: Comunidad Valenciana (ES52)
- Surface area: 19 km2 (1939.98 ha)
- Marine area: 56%
- Located in Mediterranean and Marine Mediterranean biogeographical regions
- It protects 18 species of the Nature Directives
- It protects 10 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 (18)| Species group | Number |
|---|---|
| Birds | 15 |
| Fishes | 2 |
| Reptiles | 1 |
Habitat types
| Habitat type code | Habitat type english name | Cover [ha] |
|---|---|---|
| 1120 | Posidonia beds (Posidonion oceanicae) | 96.999 |
| 1150 | Coastal lagoons | 19.3998 |
| 1240 | Vegetated sea cliffs of the Mediterranean coasts with endemic Limonium spp | 19.3998 |
| 1410 | Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi) | 96.999 |
| 1420 | Mediterranean and thermo-Atlantic halophilous scrubs (Sarcocornetea fruticosi) | 193.998 |
| 2120 | Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria ('white dunes') | 19.3998 |
| 2250 | Coastal dunes with Juniperus spp | 19.3998 |
| 3170 | Mediterranean temporary ponds | 19.3998 |
| 6420 | Mediterranean tall humid grasslands of the Molinio-Holoschoenion | 193.998 |
| 7210 | Calcareous fens with Cladium mariscus and species of the Caricion davallianae | 387.996 |
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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December 1997 |
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Not available |
| Date of Standard data form update | March 2004 |
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 |
