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Natural places of interest of Spain

consider Spain as the largest hunting country in Europe. The largest hunting zakaznik - Sakha (177  thousand and  hectares) Santander in Cantabrian mountains (the country north) occupies almost all east half of province. In beech family and oak forests of it zakaznika hunt on a bear, a wild boar, a roe deer, a wolf, a chamois, and from auks - on a partridge and a snipe.

One of the most beautiful both the richest on flora and a fauna hunting zakaznikov Spain - Somedo (88  thousand and  hectares) - it is had in mounts of northern province of Oviedo. Its woods consist of the diversified shirokolistvennyh mucks. The bear, a wolf, a fox, a wild boar, a roe deer, a chamois, a polecat, a marten, the jackrabbit, from auks - the wood grouse, a partridge, a snipe, a feral pigeon, a female quail Here live.

as the Present miracle of the nature on oof of aspects and beauty of landscapes consider in Spain mounts Sierra-de-Kasorla, recut by the river Guadalquivir. On right its shore, in lower reaches, reservation Koto-Donjana is had. Here the landscape marismy - is saltish-water bayshore marshes of southern phylum (reminds lower reaches of Volga) with exclusively rich flora and a fauna is guarded. Colonys of the waterborne are especially numerous: ducks, gooses, a flamingo, a white stork. Here there lives huge colony of herons.

Semidesert southeast regions of Spain are considered as one of the most convenient places for studying of life of scorpions and tarantulas. In the south of the country chameleons dwell.