Demarcated Region of Douro: a World Heritage Site
Mónica Alexandra Rodrigues
FLUP, Porto, Portugal
The Demarcated Douro Region is a privileged area and it stretches along 250000 hectares of land from which around 45000 are occupied by a continuous vineyard (IVDP, 2009). Placed in the hydrographic bay of Douro in schistose soil it displays a microclimate with Mediterranean characteristics from which is noticeable an exceptional landscape with narrow ledges full with gravepines. It is in this scenery partly classified by Unesco as a Manking Patrimony that recurring to selected regional stocks the most excellent wines are produced...
Authors: Monica Alexandra Rodrigues, Ana Monteiro, Alfredo Rocha, Herve Quenol.
Project TERVICLIM
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0) (opens in a new window)Credit: Mónica Alexandra Rodrigues (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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Image
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JPG
Size
2.3 MB
Width
2848 px
Height
2144 px
Aspect
89:67
Brand
Nikon
Model
D90
Exposure
7 mm f/5.1 1/510 s ISO 100
Taken
18 June 2010
Coordinates
41.1496, -8.6297
Tint
Grayish olive
Submitted
22 February 2011
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