Fonts Ufanes is an intermittent
spring located near the Sant Miquel hermitage, in
Campanet
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municipality of the north of
Majorca
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.
The underground water flows from the mountains (
Puig Tomir) to Sant Miquel
stream
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, which l'Albufera is the
base level
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.
This spring is the main source of water of l'Albufera, an important
natural reserve
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of the
Balearic Islands
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.
See also
*
Serra de Tramuntana
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References
*http://www.caib.es/sites/espaisnaturalsprotegits/ca/monumento_natural_de_ses_fonts_ufanes-21483/
{{Commons category, Ses Fonts Ufanes
Springs of Spain
Geography of Mallorca