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A rich underwater heritage. History of the maritime accidents, shipwrecks and wrecked ships in the waters of Cíes islands, from the Contemporary Age to the present times
Among the wrecked ships and remains of sunk shipwrecks we can highlight Jupiter in 1808, Bonika in 1874, Asturianne in 1917, Itálica 1922, Arlanza...
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“Ardora” or “ardentía”. Is the sea burning?
As a result of high temperatures, the calm of these waters and the abundance of nutrients, a huge proliferation of the emergence of microscopic...
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The emergence of outcrops, blooms, constitute a source of life
Our coast has some special features due to the oceanic formation, influenced by superficial oceanic flows (like the one of the gulf) which heat the...
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THE EXTRAORDINARY RICHNESS OF THESE SEA BEDS
Without going underwater, we can imagine the variety of sea beds, rocky to the west, defined by the energy and turbulence of the sea which erodes,...
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COASTAL ZONING
The sea is not only distinguished by its values and its representativeness over the land, it also has a great influence on it.
The strong variation...
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Tides are essential in the circulation of our coastal waters
Theyre oscillatory movements of oceanic waters which produce alternatively a rise (high tide) and a fall (low tide) in the sea level. The Moon and...
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The marine mammals of our waters
They are mammals adapted to sea life like cetacean, the most common on our coasts -whales, porpoises and dolphins. We have around 20 cetacean...
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A unique ecosystem in the group of beaches-dunes-lagoon of Cíes
Cíes acts as a natural barrier reducing the swell, building a shelter in the east and creating a unique, sedimentary environment (barrier...
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The aquatic and sea birds of this unique setting
We can see migratory, summer and winter sedentary birds on the childrens lake, on the sea shores, in the intertidal pools, on the beaches, on the...
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The afforestation of Cíes islands changed some ecosystems and the landscape
From the beginning of the 20th century there was a great interest in the supposed need to plant trees in Cíes (with an aesthetic and forestal...
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