LTSER MONDEGO ESTUARY - Portugal

Basic Information
Site Name
LTSER MONDEGO ESTUARY
Short name
Mondego estuary
Country
Portugal
Site Description
3M_RECITAL - MINHO, MONDEGO, AND MIRA ESTUARIES observatory: Long term vaRiation of ECOLOGICAL sTAtus as a response to naturaL and human induced changes. Implications for management and restoration. Mondego estuary site: The Mondego River drains a basin of approximately 6670 Km2 and its valley is considerably steep in upstream sections, forming a large alluvial plain consisting of good agricultural land in downstream areas. Since the 1960s, the Mondego catchment area underwent a large scale morphological modification, involving the construction of stone walls, to regulate the river water flow and enlarge harbor facilities, and water reservoirs to control floods, improve the uses of water resources, and produce electric power, ...
Show more ...
Last modified
2023-08-08 10:08:30

CC-BY-NC Logo

General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
2011
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
ILTERThis site is a verified "ILTER" member.
LTER EuropeThis site is a verified "LTER Europe" member.
LTER Portugal (LTER_EU_PT_012)This site is a verified "LTER Portugal" member.
Photos
not defined
not defined
Geographic
500 m
2000 ft
Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 40.133577 Longitude: -8.819962

Size
ca. 1600.00ha
Elevation (average)
10.00msl
Elevation (min)
0.00msl
Elevation (max)
30.00msl
Download

Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml]
Boundaries [.shp] [.kml]