Parque Natural del Lago de Sanabria - Zamora, Castilla y León, Spain
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Sanabria Lake Natural Park
Waymark Code: WMBZ9B
Location: Castilla y León, Spain
Date Posted: 07/07/2011
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The Sanabria Lake Natural Park is a natural park located around Lake Sanabria in the Sanabria comarca, northwest part of the Zamora province, in the mountainous area of Sierra Segundera and Sierra de la Cabrera. It occupies a surface area of 22,365 ha, with heights ranging from 997 meters in the lake banks to the 2,124 meters of the peak of Peña Trevinca.
With its 318.7 ha, the lake that gives the name to the park is the largest glacial lake of Iberian Peninsula. Its maximum depth is 51 meters. There are a number of lagoons scattered in the mountains and its canyons that show the action of the glacier activity of the Quaternary and make it a great place to study the action of glaciers over the terrain. Along with innumerous streams and the luxuriant and varied vegetation in every level, the park possesses high aesthetic and landscape value.
The Park Interpretation Center is located in the restored monastery of San Martín de Castañeda, a medieval building that belonged to Cistercian monks. The center has a permanent exhibition that shows the natural, social and cultural aspects of the park using scale models, explanation panels and audiovisual presentations, etc., which present the geological history of the place, the human activities and the conservation strategies.
The center offers a privileged view over the lake. In summer it is open to the general public every day in summer. In winter, from Monday to Friday it is only available to organised groups, who may have a guide to show the park, opening to the general public in Saturdays and Sundays.
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