Natural spaces in Zaragoza
The rivers and their natural landscapes make up the fundamental of the natural environment of the city of Zaragoza. The riverside sotos, more and more scarce, keep treasures to discover just ten minutes from the center of the city. Starting from the Macanaz grove, which occupies the left bank of the Ebro between the bridges of Santiago and La Almozara, the city offers places of great interest such as the Soto de Cantalobos, on the right bank, past the Las Fuentes neighborhood, which Is a redoubt of what they were the riverside sotos, authentic forests formed to the future of the river and accustomed to floods and droughts
Precisely these floods and droughts were responsible for the creation of one of the most interesting landscapes of Zaragoza: the gallos. It is called the arms that leaves the river after a flood and that separate from the main channel becoming lakes that are maintained due to the input of groundwater. Zaragoza has two areas of great value: the galleys of Juslibol, upstream of the city, in the rural district of the same name; And those of La Alfranca, El Burgo and La Cartuja. In these spaces it emphasizes the coastal vegetation and, above all, the birds that emphasize or inhabit in their contours.