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GALICIA Information - Natural Parks: SERRA DO XISTRAL |
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LOCATION: Municipalities of As Pontes de Garcfa Rodríguez, Abadín, Alfoz, Mondoñedo, Muras, Ourol, O Valadouro, Vilalba, Xermade, Xove, Viveiro and Cervo, north of Lugo. SURFACE AREA: 22,964 hectares. ACCESS: From Vilalba, through the turn-off from the C-640 road, with turn-offs in the east in Muras and Oural to OValadoura. On the other versant, from Mondoñedo. SERVICES: Accommodation and food in the main villages. The region of A Terra Cha, in Lugo, is separated from the sea by a mountain system that conditions the change of climate between its both sides. The phenomenon which defines it is the fog covering the high plateaux of the O Xistral Mountains, leaving the necessary rain to soak the large pasture peat bogs where herds of horses roam free. The massif comprises, clockwise from left, O Xistral with the highest peak in O Cadramon (1,056 m), the mountains of A Toxiza (838 m) and those of A Carba (908 m). They contain the source of several rivers that flow into the Cantabrian sea: Landro, Ouro and Masma; and into the Atlantic, such as the Eume. From Mondoñedo or Ferreira do Valadouro, it is possible to cross the mountains to the surroundings of O Cadramon and, through a round-trip track, to reach Chan de Lamoso, near the television relays. FLORA: Covering peat bogs: herbaceaous formations teeming with species, even a few insectivora (Drosera rotundifolia). Wooded patches on the mountain slopes. FAUNA: Rarities: Viviparous Lizard (Lacerta vivipara); or birds such as Snipes (Callinago gallinago). |
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