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757:("aquifer 23") has not been able to refill because of the overuse of water created by the “Badajoz (irrigation) Plan” started in 1952, and of the administrative apathy and lack of suppleness faced with cereal farmers lobbies. The quotas assigned to water-users (about 590 million m3 water / year attributed) correspond to nearly twice the amount of renewable water (about 320 million m3 / year available).
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fires broke out in the area. Such fires were not a new phenomenon in the region; they had affected the peatlands alongside the
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485:Chara major
470:Charophytes
358:introducing
281:for birds (
195:Ciudad Real
116:Established
95: /
71:Coordinates
1287:Categories
1232:Guadarrama
897:11 January
868:References
738:Sus scrofa
570:Anas acuta
341:references
212:(1,938 ha)
156:4 May 1982
153:Designated
1272:Timanfaya
1237:Monfragüe
1227:Garajonay
1207:Cabañeros
675:Bufo bufo
260:La Mancha
251:Philip II
228:for birds
191:La Mancha
925:25 April
856:See also
770:Guadiana
764:and the
409:Guadiana
1085:El País
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890:Público
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233:History
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463:Juncus
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264:Franco
83:3°40′W
1267:Teide
762:Tagus
510:Fauna
474:Chara
444:Typha
415:Flora
316:geese
312:ducks
1131:ISBN
1093:2014
952:2007
927:2018
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