Editing Aragon (section)

=== Protected spaces ===
[[File:Valley of Ordesa, Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park, Spain.jpg|thumb|left|Inside [[Ordesa Valley]], of the [[Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park]]]]

In Aragon, protected natural spaces are managed through the [[Red Natural de Aragón]], an entity created in 2004 to protect all elements with [[ecological]], landscape and cultural value and at the same time coordinate and establish common standards that contribute to their conservation and sustainable use. In this entity are integrated [[national park]]s, [[Natural park (Spain)|natural park]]s, [[nature reserve]]s, [[biosphere reserve]]s and other protected natural areas that have been declared by the autonomous community, the [[Ramsar Convention]] or the [[Natura 2000]].<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111224151306/https://www.aragon.es/DepartamentosOrganismosPublicos/Departamentos/AgriculturaGanaderiaMedioAmbiente/AreasTematicas/MA_RedNaturalAragon |title=Red Natural de Aragón |work=Government of Aragón |archive-date=24 December 2011 |access-date=14 March 2019 |language=es |url=https://www.aragon.es/DepartamentosOrganismosPublicos/Departamentos/AgriculturaGanaderiaMedioAmbiente/AreasTematicas/MA_RedNaturalAragon}}</ref>

Within the protected areas is the only [[List of national parks of Spain|national park]] of Aragon: the [[Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park]], the second national park created in [[Spain]], in 1918, it is found in the [[Pyrenees]] in the comarca of [[Sobrarbe]], occupies an area of {{val|15608|ul=ha}}, a part of the {{val|19679|u=ha}} of the peripheral area of protection. It also enjoys other figures of protection like the [[Biosphere Reserve]] of [[Ordesa Valley|Ordesa-Viñamala]] and is cataloged as a [[World Heritage Site]] by [[UNESCO]].<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111222131418/http://www.aragon.es/DepartamentosOrganismosPublicos/Departamentos/AgriculturaGanaderiaMedioAmbiente/AreasTematicas/MA_RedNaturalAragon/EspaciosIntegranRedNaturalAragon/EspaciosNaturalesProtegidos/RedEspaciosNaturalesProtegidos/ci.01_Parque_Nacional_Ordesa_Monte_perdido.detalleDepartamento?channelSelected=0 |title=Parque Nacional de Ordesa y Monte Perdido |work=Government of Aragon |archive-date=22 December 2011 |access-date=14 March 2019 |language=es |url=http://www.aragon.es/DepartamentosOrganismosPublicos/Departamentos/AgriculturaGanaderiaMedioAmbiente/AreasTematicas/MA_RedNaturalAragon/EspaciosIntegranRedNaturalAragon/EspaciosNaturalesProtegidos/RedEspaciosNaturalesProtegidos/ci.01_Parque_Nacional_Ordesa_Monte_perdido.detalleDepartamento?channelSelected=0}}</ref>

In addition there are 4 other natural parks: the [[Moncayo Natural Park]] with an extension of {{val|11144|u=ha}}, the [[Sierra y Cañones de Guara Natural Park]] with {{val|47453|u=ha}} and {{val|33286|u=ha}} of peripheral area of protection, the [[Posets-Maladeta Natural Park]] with {{val|33440.6|u=ha}} and {{val|5920.2|u=ha|fmt=gaps}} of peripheral area of protection, and the [[Valles Occidentales Natural Park]] with {{val|27073|u=ha}} and {{val|7335|u=ha|fmt=gaps}} of peripheral area of protection.

There are also three nature reserves, five natural monuments and three protected landscapes.<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111221102806/http://www.aragon.es/DepartamentosOrganismosPublicos/Departamentos/AgriculturaGanaderiaMedioAmbiente/AreasTematicas/MA_RedNaturalAragon/EspaciosIntegranRedNaturalAragon/EspaciosNaturalesProtegidos/RedEspaciosNaturalesProtegidos?channelSelected=0 |title=Red de Espacios Naturales Protegidos |work=Government of Aragon |archive-date=21 December 2011 |language=es |access-date=14 March 2019 |url=http://www.aragon.es/DepartamentosOrganismosPublicos/Departamentos/AgriculturaGanaderiaMedioAmbiente/AreasTematicas/MA_RedNaturalAragon/EspaciosIntegranRedNaturalAragon/EspaciosNaturalesProtegidos/RedEspaciosNaturalesProtegidos?channelSelected=0}}</ref>

==== Aiguabarreig Segre-Cinca-Ebro ====
[[File:Vista General Aiguabarreig.jpg|thumb|Aerial view of Aiguabarreig in Mequinenza]]

At the confluence of the [[Segre (river)|Segre]] and [[Ebro]] rivers, the Aiguabarreig Ebro-Segre-Cinca is a space with great natural wealth and a great variety of ecosystems that range from Mediterranean steppes to impenetrable riverside forests, making this space a paradise for biodiversity. Territorially, the Aiguabarreig is at the center of the Middle Depression of the Ebro. It borders to the west with the Monegros, to the east with the Tossals de Montmeneu and Almatret and to the south with the tail of the Ribarroja reservoir. This space is named with Catalan word of origin that designates the place where two or more water streams meet and form one. The Segre and Cinca form a first Aiguabarreig between the towns of La Granja d'Escarp, Massalcoreig and Torrente de Cinca, a few kilometers downstream they converge with the waters of the Ebro, already in the municipality of [[Mequinenza]], forming one of the largest river confluences of the entire Iberian Peninsula.