Los Calares del Río Mundo y de la Sima Nature Reserve
The Calares del Río Mundo y de la Sima Nature Reserve comprises the sites known as: Calar del Mundo, Calar de En Medio, Chorros del río Mundo, Poljé de la Cañada de los Mojones, Sierra del Cujón and Calar de la Sima.
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Location
It is located in the Sierra de Alcaraz, in the southwest of the province of Albacete, 6km away from Riópar.
- Climate
- Winters are cold and there is abundant snow in high areas, but springs are long and summers are warm and pleasant.
This site contains an extraordinary and rich Karst development because of its shape, as well as a wide variety of botanical species and landscapes and an excellent level of preservation of its ecosystems, with this making it exceptionally important for the preservation of geological heritage, biodiversity and landscapes in Castilla-La Mancha.
The area is the second in Spain for its number of sinkholes, with around 960 sinkholes.
It has a rich endo-Karst area in the site called "la Cueva de los Chorros (the Jet Cave)" , with over 85explored cavities, with the cave that provides the name to the complex being one of the most noteworthy. Because of its surface, this cave is considered the first cave in the southern part of the Iberian Peninsula and the eighth cave in the Iberian Peninsula.
- Surface
- 19192 ha
- Legislation
- Law 3/2005, on the declaration of the Nature Reserve of “Los Calares del Mundo y de la Sima”.
- Other data
- Information Centre on the Source of the River Mundo. Riópar. Phone: 967435230
- How to get there
- Road transport
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Tourism Information Office
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Talavera de la Reina Tourist Information Office
Palenque, 2
Talavera de la Reina
(Toledo)
Tel. 925 826 322
Fax 925 806 614
