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The new Path 'Botanical and Integrated Water Harvesting' offers a journey of 1,800 meters marked with captions so that visitors can know the species of botanical interest in the area, and hydraulic components used in water use throughout of history. "
Saturday October 22, 2011.
The town of Puerto Lumbreras ecotourism offers a new path in Cabezo la Jara in which visitors can learn about botanic species, as well as resources for systems and water use through history.
Councillor for Sustainable Development, Salvador Martinez, along with the Councillor for Culture and Tourism, Maribel Martinez, visited this morning the new path that offers a new course of 1,800 meters in the natural landscape of Cabezo la Jara.
Thus, the path 'Botanical and Integrated Water Harvesting' showcases the living collections of plants in their area, as well as individuals in danger of extinction to promote their protection as well as the traditional elements of irrigation and use of water.
Addition, the trail has benches for rest and to document information panels users on the vegetation of the area all the way.
Councillor for Sustainable Development, Salvador Martinez, explained that "this is a new ecotourism trail with which to complete the numerous paths and trails offered by the environment Cabezo la Jara. With this new path Botanical and the Water Use Visitors can admire the most representative species of botanical interest in the area, marked with the common name and scientific name of each of them. "
In this sense, the trail takes about a dozen native species performed, among which are shrubs and trees such as oaks, rushes, junipers and mastic.
On the other hand, the path also includes various elements on the theme of 'Integrated Water Use' to enhance water culture through interpretive signage explaining the importance of the wells, troughs for livestock, terraces for reforestation, as well as wastewater treatment, and rainwater collection for subsequent use for irrigation.
On the other hand, rehabilitated terraces and bleeders for visitors to learn the operation of these irrigation systems.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Puerto Lumbreras
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