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2005 © Oficina Virtual de Turismo
The municipality of Évora, located on
the great peneplain of the Alentejo and divided by the watersheds of the rivers
Guadiana, Tagus and Sado, is endowed with a valuable natural heritage of which
most is to be found in the countryside. We should feature:
The galerias ripícolas (tree and bush formations along river courses)
, Which appear along the main water courses, with some very well preserved
sections which are the home to a complex of habitats considered as a priority
for conservation;
The montado farming systems , Which in the concelho are of a
highly stable and productive variety; They may appear as a relatively
homogenous land cover used predominantly for forestry and livestock, which
develops over large areas of land, or in a mixed form combining cork and holm
oak, with some holm oak populations, or may even occur in association with a
sub-land cover of bush, sometimes thick;
The grain-producing pseudo-steppes, located to the south and
south-west of Évora, which contain an appreciable number of endangered bird
species with a protected status, among them the great bustard (Otis tarda
). Some of the main mating zones of the great bustard in the region are known
to be in the concelho;
Lagoons and reservoirs , which when having gentle slopes,
emerging rooted vegetation and a limited accessibility to the public, allow for
the presence of a great variety of birds associated to open water environments;
Natural bush and tree formations, of thermophiles,
Mediterranean and Iberian-Atlantic woods which appear as areas of substitution
of the cork oak and oak groves. These are often original communities,
practically exclusive to the Portuguese territory, in which endemic species of
flora to be valued and preserved can be found.
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