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Asón (river)
The Asón is a river in Northern Spain, flowing through the Autonomous Community of Cantabria. Its source is in the Collados del Asón Natural Park. It flows into the Cantabrian Sea in the town of Colindres, where it forms the Santoña estuary which is the most important Special Protection Area in the north of Spain. It has a length of 39 km. See also * Collados del Asón Natural Park *Santoña, Victoria and Joyel Marshes Natural Park The Santoña, Victoria and Joyel Marshes Natural Park is an estuary in Cantabria, protected as a natural park. It is one of the wetlands of most ecological value in the north of Spain, and is used as a winter refuge and migratory passage by m ... Rivers of Spain Rivers of Cantabria {{Spain-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spain
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Autonomous Community
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Cantabria
Cantabria (, also , , Cantabrian: ) is an autonomous community in northern Spain with Santander as its capital city. It is called a ''comunidad histórica'', a historic community, in its current Statute of Autonomy. It is bordered on the east by the Basque autonomous community ( province of Biscay), on the south by Castile and León ( provinces of León, Palencia and Burgos), on the west by the Principality of Asturias, and on the north by the Cantabrian Sea (Bay of Biscay). Cantabria belongs to '' Green Spain'', the name given to the strip of land between the Bay of Biscay and the Cantabrian Mountains, so called because of its particularly lush vegetation, due to the wet and moderate oceanic climate. The climate is strongly influenced by Atlantic Ocean winds trapped by the mountains; the average annual precipitation is about . Cantabria has archaeological sites from the Upper Paleolithic period, although the first signs of human occupation date from the Lower Paleo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collados Del Asón Natural Park
Collados del Asón Natural Park ( es, Parque Natural de los Collados del Asón) is a natural park that includes parts of the Asón River, Cantabria, Spain. It was declared as a Natural Park by Cantabria on 18 February 1999. It is located in the Cantabrian Mountains in the southeast of Cantabria, with an area of 4,740 ha, of which 4020 ha belongs to the municipality of Soba and 720 ha are private land. Its altitude ranges between 240 and 1,632 m above sea level. It is characterized by limestone outcrops, small beech forests, and unique Cantabrian holm oaks, together with manmade meadows for livestocks. This diverse habitat allows the development of a varied wildlife characteristic of the Cordillera A cordillera is an extensive chain and/or network system of mountain ranges, such as those in the west coast of the Americas. The term is borrowed from Spanish, where the word comes from , a diminutive of ('rope'). The term is most commonly us .... The park is located in an area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cantabrian Sea
The Cantabrian Sea; french: Mer Cantabrique, gl, Mar Cantábrico, ast, Mar Cantábricu, eu, Kantauri. is the term used mostly in Spain to describe the coastal sea of the Atlantic Ocean that borders the northern coast of Spain and the southwest side of the Atlantic coast of France. It extends from the cape Estaca de Bares in the province of A Coruña, to the mouth of the river Adour, near the city of Bayonne on the coast of the department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques in French Basque Country. The sea borders of coastline shared by the Spanish provinces of A Coruña, Lugo, Asturias, Cantabria, Biscay and Gipuzkoa Gipuzkoa (, , ; es, Guipúzcoa ; french: Guipuscoa) is a province of Spain and a historical territory of the autonomous community of the Basque Country. Its capital city is Donostia-San Sebastián. Gipuzkoa shares borders with the French de ..., and the French area of Labourd. Notes and references {{notelist European seas Seas of Spain Seas of Franc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colindres
Colindres is a town in the northern Spanish province and autonomous community of Cantabria. Located between the cities of Santander and Bilbao, Colindres has a population of 8,453 ( INE 2018). Overview In Colindres, the Asón River flows into the Cantabrian Sea, forming the Santoña estuary, which is the most important SPA in northern Spain, which is also known as the Santoña, Victoria and Joyel Marshes Natural Park, which Colindres is a part of. The town has the second fishing port in the region. Its festivities during the summer are very popular in the region, and perhaps the most popular and the one which attracts the most people is the folk music festival ''SAUGA''. Colindres' neighboring city, Laredo, has a long beach, ''La Salvé'', with more than 5 km. this is the best place of cantabria . Sister cities * Le Haillan ( France) Notable people *Antonio Laserna Antonio Laserna and Santander (1752, Colindres, Cantabria – 1823) was a Spanish bibliog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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