Ria of Mundaka
Etor E. Lucio-Eceiza
Universidad Complutense Madrid, Madrid, Spain
This is a picture of the last part of the ria of Mundaka or Urdaibai estuary, located in Biscay, northern Spain.
The Urdaibai estuary is a Biosphere Reserve with more 600 species of vascular plants and 300 species of animals (specially birds).
The area also contains remnants of the Prehistoric, Roman and the Middle Ages. Being particularly notable the Santimamiñe cave, that yielded remains from Mousterian to Iron Age.
Mundaka is also known by surfers around the world.
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0) (opens in a new window)Credit: Etor E. Lucio-Eceiza (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
Properties
Type
Image
Format
JPG
Size
3.9 MB
Width
4752 px
Height
1205 px
Aspect
4752:1205
Panorama
Brand
Nikon
Model
D40
Taken
18 July 2010
Coordinates
43.3871, -2.6635
Tint
Brilliant blue
Submitted
10 March 2011
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