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TVE program "The Edge of the Impossible 'has chosen the Murcia region and the municipality of Murcia to make a program on natural and adventurous.
From the hand of the rider and adventurer Juan Francisco Cerezo and mountaineer Lucia Lopez viewers will find places of the town as emblematic as the peak of the Panocha and the walls of King Kong in the Valley and the city park of Majal Blanco.
The program, led by Carmen Portilla, will be broadcast on La 2 of TVE in the last quarter.
Murcia has 31,150 hectares of forest area and bushy, 35.1% of the surface of the municipality.
Of that total, 22,625 hectares are protected SCI and SPA area and 3,011 hectares are forest parks municipal (Majal Blanco and La Murta).
The Councillor for Environment, Adela Martinez-Cachá, explained that in addition to the Safe-Guadalentín Vegas and its surroundings, known as the Huerta de Murcia, the town has two large units are noted for their scenic value which are the mountains Carrascoy-Valley and saw Altaona and Escalona, ​​and the Campo de Murcia.
The Councillor for Sports, Youth and Tourism, Miguel Cascales, stressed the importance of this broadcast programs focusing on athletes Murcia and natural areas in our town, spreading the wealth of nature tourism offering Murcia.
Carrascoy Sierras - The Valley and saw Altaona and Escalona are a long mountain chain composed of the succession of mountains.
Harbor very different landscapes, as much of the forested areas of the municipality they represent 14.2% of municipal area (12,568.30 ha.), Consisting mainly of pine trees and some patches of scrubland in the wetter areas.
In contrast, with a higher density of open scrub, on the south side is popularly called Lunar Landscape, composed of a large network of ravines and bad lands.
We can also find other places or sites of outstanding relief, including:
- The hill of El Puerto: natural Watchtower has served as a lookout in the natural step that forms the Puerto de la Cadena.
- La Cresta del Gallo: Entity outstanding relief in the Sierra of the same name.
- The Puntarrón: local geological Landmark located in the Port of Garruchal.
- Wall of King Kong: It is an alignment of natural sandstone walls on the sunny side of Cerrillar.
- Rambla del Garruchal.
Natural channel that crosses the mountains of the Cresta del Gallo and Columbares.
It houses an interesting fauna and flora linked to the flow of water held in summer.
- Black-Zeneta Cabezo.
Geological landmark known for its dark color of volcanic rocks.
- Boquera of Tabala.
Wetland area vegetated salt marsh and reeds.
- Sierra de Columbares.
This zone also houses part of the Regional Park Carrascoy-Valley and Site of Community Importance namesake, as well as all of the Special Protection Area for Birds' Monte de El Valle and saws and Altaona Escalona "which represent 22,625 hectares set (25.8% of the municipality).
Finally, include most of the municipal forest heritage such as the White Mahal Park, with 892 ha., And the forest park of La Murta with 120 ha.
Network of city parks is 3,011 ha.
in which only permits the use of forestry and nature conservation.
The other major landscape unit of interest is the Field of Murcia, south of these mountains, which dominates large tracts of land devoted to dry farming and modern agricultural uses, occupying 32.8% of the municipality.
Predominate reliefs slight slope towards the Mar Menor, as the Sierra de los Villares, saw Columbares, etc. that are located in some pine forests of magnitude.
Noted for its high environmental value Sucina field, characterized by a mosaic agroforestry critical to the survival of protected species of raptors such as the Eagle Owl, Bonelli's Eagle or Golden Eagle and other carnivorous mammals.
Another spot of interest is in the Boulevard of the Jury.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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