The Interm Complexareal Umia-O Grove, is located in the Arousa estuary and is distributed along the coastal areas of Sanxenxo, O Grove, Mean, Cambados, Vilanova de Arousa and Illa de Arousa. declared Wetland of Interim Importanceareal and included in the RAMSAR agreement and ZEPA area (Special Bird Protection Zone), represents a natural environment for great ornithological value for the vegetation and fauna it houses.
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Sanxenxo has one of the wet areas
most important Galicia and Spain.
space is affected by the ebb and flow of the mareas, which gives meaning to the entire ecosystem. Mud, seawater, rushes, rocks and islands dot this coastline.
The area of the marshes and coastal sandbanks become rest areas on migratory trips for more than one hundred species of birds (grey heron, curlews, ducks, sandpipers…).
Among the plants, the laurel stands out, the algae that abound in the rockiest areas and the halophyte plants (adapted to saline environments).
At low tide, the cove is uncovered in its 2/3 parts.
Mallard duck, gray heron, curlew, mallard, sandpiper, plover…
Among the plants, the laurel stands out, the algae that abound in the rockiest areas and the halophyte plants (adapted to saline environments).
