Gorbeia Natural Park

1. “GORBEIA”
NATURAL PARK
BASQUE COUNTRY, NAVARRE.

2. DESCRIPTION
THIS NATURAL PARK IS ...

3. GORBEIA MOUNTAIN
The Gorbeia mountain is located in the middle of the natural
park with the same name. It has 1482 metres and it’s in the
border between Alava and Biscay.

6. GORBEIA RIVERS
There is a river which is born in the mountain of Gorbeia,
named “Baia”.
If you cross the “Arcarai” bridge, there is a small dam that
retains the waters of the stream “Larreakorta”

7. WIDTH
IT HAS 200 km2

8. WIDTH
The width of this natural park in total is 200,1 km2.

9. LOCATION
GGORBEIA NATURAL PARK IS LOCATED IN THE SOUTH OF BISCAY

12. CLIMATE
THE GORBEIA NATURAL PARK HAS A MOUNTAINOUS CLIMATE.

13. CLIMATE
Rain is abundant in every months of the year, but usually in
winter the weather is rainier. Usually temperature in winter
is lower than in the other seasons. Climate is very varied,
because there are many levels, there isn’t the same
temperature in the mountain than on the sea level.

14. PLANTS
THE FLOWERS OF GORBEIA

15. PLANTS
There are forests full of
trees, that during winter
lose their leaves. Also
there are forests full of
pines.
The vegetation is very
fruitful.

16. THE TREES LOSE THEIR LEAVES IN WINTER AND AUTUMN

17. TYPES OF TREES
THERE ARE SEVERAL TYPES OF TREES IN GORBEIA

18. Types of trees
There are many types of trees, but the most abundant ones are the sessile oak and the
pedunculate oak, willows, ash trees...
sessile oak

19. pedunculate oak

20. willow

21. ash tree

22. TYPES OF ANIMALS
IN THIS NATURAL PARK AND MOUNTAIN DIFFERENT TYPES OF
ANIMALS LIVE, BUT WE ARE ONLY GOING TO FOCUS ON THE
MOST IMPORTANT ONES

23. THERE ARE A LOT OF TYPES OF ANIMALS LIKE FISH, AMPHIBIANS, MAMMALS AND
REPTILES

24. AMPHIBIANS
THERE ARE SOME
AMPHIBIANS LIKE:
1.PALMATE NEWT
2.toads
3.agile frog
1.-
2.-
3.-

25. FISH
THERE ARE A LOT OF FISH THAT
LIVE IN ALL THE GORBEIA
NATURAL PARK LIKE:
1.COMMON TROUT
2.WOLF OF THE RIVER
1.-
2.-

26. REPTILES
THERE ARE MANY
GROUPS OF REPTILES:
1.ROCK LIZARD
2.WESTERN GREEN
ALLIGATOR
3.STRAIGHT
EUROPEAN SNAKE
1.-
2.-
3.-

27. MAMMALS
OF COURSE, THERE ARE LOTS OF
TYPES, BUT WE ARE GOING TO
FOCUS ON THE MOST
IMPORTANT ONES:
1.EUROPEAN MOLE
2.WOLF
3.FOX
4.SHREW
5.HORSESHOE BAT
6.TAWNY DEER MOUSE
4-
2-
1.-
2-
3-
3-
4-
5-
6-

28. BIRDS
THERE ARE LOTS OF TYPES OF
BIRDS; FOR EXAMPLE:
1.THE GREAT CORMORANT
2.RED KITE
3.SWALLOW
4.BRAMBLING
1.- 2.-
4.-3.-

29. if you’re interested in not only the most important ones, we’ll let you this link to
all the animals that you can find there:
http://macizodelgorbea.blogspot.com.es/2015/12/fauna-de-vertebrados-del-
parque-natural.html

30. CHARACTERISTICS
THE MOST IMPORTANT CHARACTERISTICS ARE:

31. IT IS THE LARGEST BASQUE NATURAL PARK AND IT WAS
DECLARED NATURAL PARK BY THE BASQUE GOVERNMENT. THE
GOVERNMENT PUBLISHED THE NEW DECREE ON 21st JUNE 1994
AND THERE IT SAYS THAT. IT TAKES THE NAME OF GORBEIA BY
ITS HIGH PEAK, THE GORBEIA, OF 1.482 METRES.