Peneda-Gerês - Portugal

Basic Information
Site Name
Peneda-Gerês
Short name
Peneda-Gerês
Country
Portugal
Site Manager
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Site Description
The National Park covers ca. 70 000 hectares and was founded in 1971. It is located at a climatic transition zone (the climate is Temperate/Atlantic Sub-Mediterranean), with 1-2 dry months in summer. Annual rainfall is usually above 2000 mm, reaching 3500 mm in summits. Granite is by far the dominant bedrock type. The main ecosystem/land cover types are deciduous oak forests, heathland and scrub, meadows and rock outcrops (in highlands), and forest plantations, scrub, urban and agriculture (in lowlands). This site is the only national park in the country, with over 40 years of experience in conservation and management, and since 1997 also part of a transnational park and of a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve (Gerês-Xurés). Also a Natura ...
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Last modified
2020-12-16 15:12:04

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1971
Observed properties
ecosystem parameterabovegroundnetprimaryproduction
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Projects
Natura 2000
EcoPotential (H2020)
Photos
not defined
not defined
Geographic
Marker
300 km
200 mi
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 41.8386561 Longitude: -8.2415908

Size
ca. 70000.00ha
Elevation (min)
100.00msl
Elevation (max)
1545.00msl
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
Biome
Deciduous Forest
Ecosystem Type
Forest
Deciduous Forest
Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub
Grasslands
Biogeographical Region
Atlantic Bio-geographical Region
Air Temperature: Average Annual
10.60°C
Precipitation Annual
2500.00mm
Geology
Granite is by far the dominant bedrock type.
Protection Level (IUCN category)
Category II – National Park
Permanent Power Supply
No
Equipment
Data infrastructure » Data services » Data portal
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Structured file
Accessible All Year
No
All parts of Site Accessible
No
Permanent Operation
No
General Data Policy
Co-authorship on publications resulting from use of the dataset
There is EURO-CORDEX climate scenario data available for this site:
Projected Near Surface Specific Humidity ChangeRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Precipitation ChangeRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Sea Level Pressure ChangeRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Surface Downwelling Shortwave RadiationRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Near-Surface Wind SpeedRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Daily Maximum Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Daily Minimum Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85

You can also download the entire climate scenario dataset for this site from the EUDAT B2SHARE data store.