Cuenca de Benchijigua-Guarimiar
Quick facts
- Natura 2000 site (code ES7020107)
- Under Habitats Directive
- Since October 1999
- Country: Spain
- Administrative region: Canarias (ES70)
- Surface area: 13 km2 (1341.40 ha)
- Marine area: 0%
- Located in Macaronesia biogeographical region
- It protects 4 species of the Nature Directives
- It protects 6 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 (4)Species group | Number |
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Flowering Plants | 4 |
Habitat types
Habitat type code | Habitat type english name | Cover [ha] |
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5330 | Thermo-Mediterranean and pre-desert scrub | 149.23 |
8220 | Siliceous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation | 7.4 |
9320 | Olea and Ceratonia forests | 90.36 |
9370 | Palm groves of Phoenix | 162.01 |
9550 | Canary Island endemic pine forests | 43.91 |
9560 | Endemic forests with Juniperus spp | 16.01 |
Designation information
NATURA 2000 site under
Birds Directive 2009/147/EC (SPA) |
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Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC (SCI) |
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October 1999 |
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December 2001 |
Date designated as Special Area of Conservation (SAC) | January 2010 |
Date of Standard data form update | September 2012 |
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 |