Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park

Local nameParc Nacional d'Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici
LocationLleida, Spain

Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park, is one of the fifteen Spanish national parks, and the only one located in Catalonia.

A wild mountain region in the Pyrenees, with peaks rising to 3017 m and with nearly 200 lakes, many of them of glacial origin, the park comprises a core area of 141 km2 and a buffer zone of 267 km2 surrounding the park. The park's name in Catalan is Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici, freely translated as "The winding streams and St. Maurice lake".

The park has an elevation range of 1600 to 3000 metres and contains four major vegetation zones: lower montane, upper montane, subalpine and alpine.

Tags Nature ReserveProtected Area
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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aigüestortes_i_Estany_de_Sant_Maurici_National_Park

Coordinates 42°34'10.092" N 0°56'20.42" E

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