picos de europa in spain
DESCRIPTION
Picos de europa in SpainTRANSCRIPT
Patricia fuente García
Alicia escudero Villafañe
Gonzalo Fernández gallego
Victoria Castañón Rodríguez
Sergio Menéndez serrano
Ignacio robles Valero
LOCATION
The Picos de Europa
are a mountain
range located in the
north of Spain. It
belongs to central
part of Cantabrian
Mountains. Today the
national park Picos
de Europa is the
second national
park most visited in
Spain.
This formation extends by Cantabria,
Castilla y León and Asturias and has
heights above 2500 metres, because
it’s near the Cantabrian sea. The
Picos de Europa occupy a total area
of 64.660 hectares.
The Picos de Europa are divided in three massifs:
-Western Massif.
-Central Massif
-Eastern Massif
The Cares RouteThe Cares Route, placed in the very heart of Picos de Europa National
Park (León), also known as “La Garganta Divina” (The Divine Gorge), is a
unique route where to stare at nature at its height. Kilometres of path dug
into limestone rocks, surrounded by mountains over 2,000m in height, and
always sharing the untamed Cares River.
The original Route starts in Posada de Valdeón (León), crossed through Caín(León), and
ends in Poncebos (Asturias); it goes by the defile of Caes river. It is a 21km route .
WILDLIFEThis zone is where we have the most variety of wild animal species:
Roe deer Deer Wild boar
FoxGrizzly bear
Wolf
Otterkingfisher
TroutGrouse Squirrel
Golden eagle
FLORAThere are over than 2000 vegetable species inhabiting
the park, the Atlantic forest abounds with a great burst
of color.
Birch treeWalnut tree
Oak tree
Chestnut tree
Holly