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Fuerteventura, Spain
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| Country | Spain |
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| Webpage | http://www.qualitycoast.info/fuerteventura/index.htm |
| Release date | 30/03/2018 |
| Landscape type | Coastal |
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QualityCoast winner 2009-10
In the Canarian Archipelago (Central-East Atlantic), Fuerteventura Island is the closest to the African continent. In relation with the rest of islands, presents the highest percentages of low coast and sand beaches, presenting also scarp and rock cliff coasts.
Fuerteventura Island presents a very arid climate, generally distinguished by poor and irregular rainfalls and by high temperatures all around the year. Fuerteventura Island, with thirteen protected natural spaces, is a very interesting enclave from the point of view of its flora and fauna, with a high number of endemisms, threatened and protected species and also outstanding landscapes that are closely related to the island history and the life of their inhabitants. In addition, this island has innumerable ethnographic gastronomic and, in general terms, other cultural values involving an essential part of local authenticity. Fuerteventura Island Council is at present preparing a proposal so that the island becomes a Man and Biosphere Reserve for all.
