Las Tablas de Daimiel National Park - Spain

Basic Information
Site Name
Las Tablas de Daimiel National Park
Short name
TDNP
Country
Spain
Site Description
Las Tablas de Daimiel National Park (TDNP) is a floodplain wetland located at Central Spain in the core of La Mancha Húmeda Biosphere Reserve. Until the 1970s, wetland inundation was due to natural flooding of both the Gigüela and the Guadiana Rivers, and to the aquifer discharge (Llanura Manchega Occidental aquifer) as the groundwater table was close to the surface. Historically, the wetland´s inundation was also promoted by small water-mill dams which helped to increase the water-level. TDNP is the typical example of wetland degradation in the Mediterranean Europe, including dessication, agriculture conversion, groundwater overexplotitation and water quality impairing. Most importantly, aquifer overexploitation resulting from excessive agricultural irrigation strongly changed the ecosystem hydrology from a semi-permanent wetland to a highly fluctuating ecosystem with long periods (several years) of almost complete dryness. From the 1870s until the 1950s, the area was a private hunting park. It then became a National Hunting Reserve and later, in 1973, a National Park. It was included in the Ramsar convention in 1982. Its main environmental values are the large waterfowl populations, the European cut-sedge and the reed, and the plasticity of the ecosystem to absorb different threats.
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2023-10-25 02:10:21

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1985
Observed properties
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
ILTERThis site is a verified "ILTER" member.
LTER Spain (LTER_EU_ES_026)This site is a verified "LTER Spain" member.
LTER EuropeThis site is a verified "LTER Europe" member.
Photos
Floodplain wetland
Floodplain wetland
Intensive experimentation
Intensive experimentation
Las Tablas de Daimiel floodplain wetland
Las Tablas de Daimiel floodplain wetland
Carbon fluxes observation
Carbon fluxes observation
Geographic
Elevation (average)
610.00msl
Elevation (min)
605.00msl
Elevation (max)
634.00msl
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