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Sierra De Hornachuelos Natural Park
The Sierra de Hornachuelos Natural Park is located to the west of the Province of Córdoba (bounded by the Sierra Norte de Sevilla Natural Park) and has 60,032 hectares between the municipal borders of Almodóvar del Río, Córdoba, Hornachuelos, Posadas and Villaviciosa de Córdoba. It was declared a natural park on 28 July 1989. Description This park hosts one of the Mediterranean forest ecosystems and one of the best conserved riverbanks of Sierra Morena. It is designated a Special Area of Conservation (ZEC). Together with the Sierra Norte de Sevilla Natural Park, and the Sierra de Aracena and Picos de Aroche Natural Park, it belongs to the Dehesas de Sierra Morena Biosphere Reserve. This natural space contains a biodiverse population. Its most abundant species is the evergreen oak, a type of meditteranean oak. In the riverbanks of the humid zones, there are cork oaks, Portuguese oaks, and olives, as well as Carob and Meditteranean dwarf palms. The forest near the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hectares
The hectare (; SI symbol: ha) is a non-SI metric unit of area equal to a square with 100-metre sides (1 hm2), or 10,000 m2, and is primarily used in the measurement of land. There are 100 hectares in one square kilometre. An acre is about and one hectare contains about . In 1795, when the metric system was introduced, the ''are'' was defined as 100 square metres, or one square decametre, and the hectare ("hecto-" + "are") was thus 100 ''ares'' or km2 (10,000 square metres). When the metric system was further rationalised in 1960, resulting in the International System of Units (), the ''are'' was not included as a recognised unit. The hectare, however, remains as a non-SI unit accepted for use with the SI and whose use is "expected to continue indefinitely". Though the dekare/decare daa (1,000 m2) and are (100 m2) are not officially "accepted for use", they are still used in some contexts. Description The hectare (), although not a unit of SI, is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
