Editing Province of Valladolid (section)

== Nature ==
[[File:ReservaCastronuño.jpg|thumb|The [[Nature Reserve Banks of Castronuño|Nature Reserve Banks of Castronuño-Vega del Duero]] is the only natural area protected in this province. It is crossed by the [[river Douro]].]]
[[File:Canal de castilla 1524.jpg|thumb|[[Canal de Castilla|Canal of Castile]].]]

* '''[[Nature Reserve Banks of Castronuño]]''': ('''Reserva Natural de las Riberas de Castronuño-Vega del Duero''' in Spanish) In the shire of Torozo's Mountains, is an area of moorland and Las Vegas sedimented. A migratory and nesting area for waterbirds. The Duero is surrounded by forests of Ribera and constitutes a very interesting swamp ecosystem. It is an area of great plains and absence of high elevations. The fauna is abundant, such as heron, martinete, common egret, snakes, ducks spoons, porrores common pochards, tufted ducks, cormorants, albotan, osprey, snake necklace, eagle of ladder, heron, peregrine falcon, lizards and colirroja Cinderella, ocelad lizard, frog of San Antonio, toads birth attendants, polecats, badger. The nature reserve is considered a [[Special Protection Area]] for Birds.
* '''[[Canal de Castilla|Canal of Castile]]''': ('''Canal de Castilla''' in Spanish) Construction started in 1753 and it took almost a century to complete since it was opened in 1849. It is shaped like a "Y" upside down and its purpose was the transport of the wheat of Castile toward the ports of the Cantabrian Sea but the arrival of the railroad soon made him become obsolete. Crosses 9 municipalities in the province.With the passage of time, in the margins of the channel have been forming a series of wetlands of high ecological value, representing an island of biodiversity. Its high ecological value is related to its diverse aquatic vegetation and with the large number of vertebrate species that are hosting them. Within the birds, in the channel there are 121 species of nesting birds and also wintering birds and birds hydrosphere and accidental; 42 species of mammals, 15 of them insectivorous; 11 species of amphibians and 14 reptiles and 14 species of fish.

=== Flora and vegetation ===
{{Main|Forests of the Iberian Peninsula}}

Vegetation is typical of plateau (700–800 meters above sea level), with various species of [[pine]] ([[pinus pinea]] and [[pinus pinaster]]), [[Quercus rotundifolia|holm oak]] ([[quercus ilex]]), [[oak]] ([[quercus pyrenaica]] and [[quercus faginea]]), [[Cork oak]] ([[quercus suber]]), [[elm]]s, [[Populus|poplar]]s, [[fraxinus]], [[willow]]s, [[alder]]s, [[populus]], [[honeysuckle]]s [[Arundo donax|carrizos]], [[steeple]]s, [[Shrub|bush]] and [[pasture]]s.

=== Fauna ===
{{Main|Wildlife of Spain}}

In general, animals found in the area are that of a typical Mediterranean [[plateau]], such as: [[European rabbit]], [[red squirrel]], [[European hedgehog]], [[common vole]], [[partridge]], [[little bustard|little]] and [[great bustard]]s, [[white stork]], [[barn swallow]], [[European robin]], [[common cuckoo]], [[common nightingale]], [[common woodpigeon]], [[Eurasian magpie]], [[mallard]], [[greylag goose]], [[Spanish sparrow|Spanish]] and [[House sparrow]]s, [[Perez's frog]], [[Montagu's harrier]], [[western marsh harrier]], [[hen harrier]], [[peregrine falcon]], [[short-toed snake eagle]], [[lesser kestrel]], [[common crane]], [[pin-tailed sandgrouse]], [[Geoffroy's bat]], [[trout]], [[common carp]], [[crayfish]], [[Eurasian otter]], [[shrew]], [[Iberian hare]], [[roe deer]], [[wild boar]], [[red fox]] and [[grey wolf]].

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Nava del Rey Valladolid campos labor ni.JPG|Cultivated fields
Villavaquerín paisaje.JPG|Typical field
Montealegre paisaje de campo segado y zonas verdes ni.jpg|[[Harvest]] field
Duero 7.JPG|[[Douro]] River
Pinar 4.JPG|[[Stone pine|Pines]]
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