The Guadalquivir Marshes (Spanish language: Las Marismas del Guadalquivir) is an area of marshy lowlands near the banks of Guadalquivir River, part of Seville, Cadiz and Huelva provinces, in Western Andalusia (Spain).
Approximately twenty centuries ago, it was a large inner lake, known as Lacus Ligustinus in Latin, surrounded by the Guadalquivir River and its tributaries and coastal sand bars to the South. The lake later became infilled with deposited sediment, gradually giving way to the current marshes.
It is not easy to find marshes in Europe, but in the south of Europe, we have an excellent example, and a National Park, called Doñaña
Doñana National Park
Doñana National Park is located in Andalusia, in the province of Huelva, and covers 543 km², of which 135 km² are a protected area. The park is an area of marsh, shallow streams, and sand dunes in Las Marismas, the Guadalquivir River Delta region where it flows into the Atlantic Ocean.
In 2011, an archeological team proposed that the lost city of Atlantis was once located in what are now the swamps of the Doñana National Park having been destroyed by a tsunami.
In 1994 UNESCO designated the park a World Heritage Site. UNESCO has also recognised the park as a Biosphere reserve.
The park has a biodiversity that is unique in Europe. Doñana contains a great variety of ecosystems and shelters wildlife including thousands of European and African migratory birds, fallow deer, Spanish red deer, wild boar, European badger, Egyptian mongoose, and endangered species such as the Spanish Imperial Eagle and Iberian Lynx.
The Location of the Lost City of Atlantis?
In 2011, a team of American archeologists claimed that they have found the location of the lost city of Atlantis located in the park. The site is approximately 60 miles inland from the coast, and is located under the mudflats in the park. Their theory is that a giant tsunami wiped the city off the map. They further pointed to "memorials" around the location, which are archeological sites with similarities to the Atlantean legend. The archeologists made the claim that these sites were founded by survivors of the disaster. Experts' investigations are ongoing. The archeologists' claims were shown in a special of the National Geographic ChannThe Location of the Lost City of Atlantis?
National Geographic Channel
Approximately twenty centuries ago, it was a large inner lake, known as Lacus Ligustinus in Latin, surrounded by the Guadalquivir River and its tributaries and coastal sand bars to the South. The lake later became infilled with deposited sediment, gradually giving way to the current marshes.
It is not easy to find marshes in Europe, but in the south of Europe, we have an excellent example, and a National Park, called Doñaña
Doñana National Park
Doñana National Park is located in Andalusia, in the province of Huelva, and covers 543 km², of which 135 km² are a protected area. The park is an area of marsh, shallow streams, and sand dunes in Las Marismas, the Guadalquivir River Delta region where it flows into the Atlantic Ocean.
In 2011, an archeological team proposed that the lost city of Atlantis was once located in what are now the swamps of the Doñana National Park having been destroyed by a tsunami.
In 1994 UNESCO designated the park a World Heritage Site. UNESCO has also recognised the park as a Biosphere reserve.
The park has a biodiversity that is unique in Europe. Doñana contains a great variety of ecosystems and shelters wildlife including thousands of European and African migratory birds, fallow deer, Spanish red deer, wild boar, European badger, Egyptian mongoose, and endangered species such as the Spanish Imperial Eagle and Iberian Lynx.
The Location of the Lost City of Atlantis?
In 2011, a team of American archeologists claimed that they have found the location of the lost city of Atlantis located in the park. The site is approximately 60 miles inland from the coast, and is located under the mudflats in the park. Their theory is that a giant tsunami wiped the city off the map. They further pointed to "memorials" around the location, which are archeological sites with similarities to the Atlantean legend. The archeologists made the claim that these sites were founded by survivors of the disaster. Experts' investigations are ongoing. The archeologists' claims were shown in a special of the National Geographic ChannThe Location of the Lost City of Atlantis?
National Geographic Channel
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