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La Rinconada. Parque el Majuelo
“El Majuelo” Park

La Rinconada is an eminently agricultural town; therefore, it barely has space for natural vegetation. This increases the relevance of the riparian areas of the River Guadalquivir as it passes through this town, since some sections of the river are of high landscape and ecological value, with abundant riparian vegetation and associated fauna.

Bajo Guadalquivir - Gelves
Lower Guadalquivir (SCI) (SCA)

This Special Conservation Area (SCA) covers some 4,772 ha, mostly in the province of Seville. This site features prominently in the Andalusian Natura 2000 network owing to its special importance for the conservation of riparian habitats, certain fish species included in the Habitats Directive and, in general, the river ecosystem and the connectivity it provides as an ecological corridor.

Reserva Natural Complejo Endorreico de Lebrija-Las Cabezas
Endorreic Complex of Lebrija-Las Cabezas

The Nature Reserve of the Endorreic Complex of Lebrija-Las Cabezas, together with that of Espera, are the last redoubt of a great lagoon system that ran through the entire countryside between Seville and Cadiz. Human activity has gradually reduced the wetland to the lagoons of La Cigarrera, Galiana, Peña, Pilón, Taraje (the only permanent one) and Charroao, known as Bujadillo or Herradura.

Reserva Natural Complejo Endorreico de Lantejuela
Complejo Endorreico de La Lantejuela Natural Reserve

This lagoon complex, located between Lantejuela and Osuna, is what remains of a vast 600-km2 wetland that extended until Ecija.

These nine lagoons have exceptional value because they are the last lagoons that remain of what used to be one of the most extensive wetlands in the Guadalquivir Depression. 

Brazo del Este
Brazo del Este Natural Site

The Brazo del Este was one of the two branches into which the lower section of the River Guadalquivir was divided. In the marshland plain, The River Guadalquivir splits into several branches when it reaches the marsh plains. The three largest branches were the Brazo del Este, Enmedio, which is the current watercourse, and Torre, also known as the Northwest Branch.

Reserva Natural Complejo Endorreico de Utrera
Utrera Complejo Endorreico Natural Reserve

Like the rest of the wetlands located in the strip between the Baetic mountain range and the Guadalquivir Depression, this wetland area consists of three shallow lagoons: Zarracatín, Arjona and Alcaparrosa. Its seasonal nature makes it dependent on dependent of direct rainfall recharge; therefore, it is usually dry in the summer or during persistent drought.

La Playita
La Playita

Most of the municipal district is given over to agriculture. Therefore, natural vegetation is limited to what remains of the original riparian forest along the banks of the River Guadalquivir. The river forms a bend in the northeast area of the district, where the space known as “La Playita” can be found.