Protected natural areas
Douro International and Águeda River Valley Special Protection Area
Douro International and Águeda River Valley Special Protection Area has 48 km² of forest, mostly holm oak (72.5% of the tree cover), between 155 and 704 m above sea level. Most of it (64%) lies in the dry bioclimatic zone. In the latest run, no species here scores above “very weak”.
Also in: Zamora
Elevation
456 m
155–704 m
Wooded ground
48 km²
Holm oak · 72.5%
Climate
Dry
64% of the area
Dry64%Sub-humid36%
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 4.1 · peak 20.7
- mean 3.6 · peak 22.8
- mean 3.6 · peak 20.9
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- mean 3.4 · peak 24.2
- mean 3.3 · peak 22.4
- mean 2.8 · peak 20.3
- mean 2.1 · peak 17.9
- mean 2 · peak 15
- mean 1.9 · peak 21.9
- mean 1.7 · peak 15.8
- mean 1 · peak 4.3
- mean 0.9 · peak 1.6
- mean 0.8 · peak 8.7
- mean 0.8 · peak 4.7
- mean 0.7 · peak 9.2
- mean 0.6 · peak 7.2
- mean 0.2 · peak 0.3
- mean 0.2 · peak 3.9
- mean 0.2 · peak 2.8
- mean 0.1 · peak 0.6
- mean 0 · peak 0.7
- mean 0 · peak 0.1
- mean 0 · peak 0
- mean 0 · peak 0
- mean 0 · peak 0.1
- mean 0 · peak 0
- mean 0 · peak 0
Forest
48 km² of forest
- Holm oakQuercus ilex72.5% · 46% canopy
- Prickly juniperJuniperus oxycedrus9.7% · 42% canopy
- Cork oakQuercus suber5.2% · 55% canopy
- Portuguese oakQuercus faginea4.5% · 45% canopy
- Pyrenean oakQuercus pyrenaica4.5% · 35% canopy
- OliveOlea europaea2.3% · 58% canopy
- Stone pinePinus pinea0.5% · 30% canopy
- European nettle treeCeltis australis0.4% · 55% canopy
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