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Reserva da Biosfera Ribeira Sacra e Serras do Oribio e Courel
Reserva da Biosfera Ribeira Sacra e Serras do Oribio e Courel has 1,435 km² of forest, mostly oak (45.2% of the tree cover), between 161 and 1,481 m above sea level. Most of it (60%) lies in the humid bioclimatic zone. In the latest run, no species here scores above “very weak”.
Elevation
594 m
161–1,481 m
Wooded ground
1,435 km²
Oak · 45.2%
Climate
Humid
60% of the area
Sub-humid40%Humid60%
What comes up here
Ordered by the area's mean index on the last day computed. The mean says whether the drive is worth it; the peak says whether some corner of it is.
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as of 15 October 2026The bar is the area's mean index; the tick is the highest it reaches in any corner of it.
- mean 3.4 · peak 20.2
- mean 2.9 · peak 15.2
- mean 2.7 · peak 18.5
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- mean 2.4 · peak 18.7
- mean 2.3 · peak 17.9
- mean 2.1 · peak 15.1
- mean 2.1 · peak 17.9
- mean 2.1 · peak 14.1
- mean 2 · peak 15.3
- mean 2 · peak 13.7
- mean 1.8 · peak 13.2
- mean 1.7 · peak 16.3
- mean 1.6 · peak 13.8
- mean 1.5 · peak 19.3
- mean 1.4 · peak 11.2
- mean 1.4 · peak 15.4
- mean 1.3 · peak 14.4
- mean 1.1 · peak 10.5
- mean 0.9 · peak 9.7
- mean 0.6 · peak 11
- mean 0.6 · peak 5
- mean 0.6 · peak 9.2
- mean 0.5 · peak 3.4
- mean 0.5 · peak 4.1
- mean 0.4 · peak 7.4
- mean 0.3 · peak 2.5
- mean 0.3 · peak 6
- mean 0.3 · peak 4.3
- mean 0.2 · peak 10.2
- mean 0.1 · peak 6.3
- mean 0 · peak 0.7
- mean 0 · peak 0.1
Forest
1,435 km² of forest
- Pedunculate oakQuercus robur35.1% · 67% canopy
- Maritime pinePinus pinaster24.8% · 56% canopy
- Sweet chestnutCastanea sativa10.8% · 67% canopy
- Pyrenean oakQuercus pyrenaica10.1% · 61% canopy
- Monterey pinePinus radiata8.9% · 57% canopy
- Scots pinePinus sylvestris3.5% · 54% canopy
- Downy birchBetula alba3.3% · 60% canopy
- Black alderAlnus glutinosa1.4% · 75% canopy
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