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| Titel |
Groundwater in steppe environments: "El Hito" Lagoon wetland as a case of study (Cuenca; Spain) |
| VerfasserIn |
A. Sastre-Merlín, S. Martínez-Pérez, E. Molina-Navarro |
| Konferenz |
EGU General Assembly 2012
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Artikel
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| Sprache |
Englisch
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PDF |
| Erschienen |
In: GRA - Volume 14 (2012) |
| Datensatznummer |
250070405
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| Zusammenfassung |
| El Hito Lagoon wetland, located in the interfluve of the upper basins of the Cigüela and
Záncara rivers (Guadiana Basin, central Spain), configures an important element of
geo-environmental heritage of Castilla-LaMancha (Natural Reserve), as well as being an area
recognized as Ramsar Site and integrated in the Natura 2000 Network. It has an extension
around 290 ha in the periods of maximum flooding and it is embedded in an endorheic basin
of 42 Km2.
The area that includes it has an arid appearance in a landscape dominated by extensive
agriculture, being catalogued as "without aquifers" under its unfavorable geo-hydrological
substrate. Thereby, the manifestation of the wetland has been attributed to the simple
accumulation of precipitation water in the rainy periods. However, studies to date show the
contribution of groundwater to the dynamics of this geo-system, showing how the lake basin
behaves itself like a diffuse discharge area of groundwater flow to the endorheic in which it is
located.
This paper shows the most relevant data to understand the functioning of this
wetland of great scientific and environmental importance, as it support interesting
halophytic plant communities as well as large number of waterflow and steppe birds. |
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