Guadiana Valley Natural Park (

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: ''Parque Natural do Vale do Guadiana'') is a natural park in southeastern

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. It is one of the 30 areas which are officially under protection in the country. The top of the flow gage tower was reached by the

Guadiana The Guadiana River (, also , , ), or Odiana, is an international river defining a long stretch of the Portugal-Spain border, separating Extremadura and Andalusia (Spain) from Alentejo and Algarve (Portugal). The river's basin extends from the e ...

twice in 50 years.''Guadiana pilot river basin - Portugal''
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(''Wolf's Leap'') is a waterfall in the Guadiana river, in the Guadiana Valley Natural Park. File:Pulo Do Lobo 2.jpg, Pulo Do Lobo, flow gage tower File:Azenhas I.jpg

References

External links

Guadiana Valley Natural Park webpage
at the Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e da Biodiversidade (ICNB) Nature parks in Portugal

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