- Las Marismas
Las Marismas (
Spanish language : "The Marshes") is an area of marshy lowlands near the banks ofGuadalquivir River , part of Seville province, in WesternAndalusia (Spain ), which contains part of the territories of the municipalities ofIsla Mayor ,Los Palacios y Villafranca ,La Puebla del Río ,Villafranco del Guadalquivir ,Utrera ,Las Cabezas de San Juan andLebrija .The main economic activity is
agriculture , with emphasis on the cultivation ofrice , with 400 km² and a production output of 310,000 metric tones (approximately 40% of Spain rice production). The area behaves like a natural buffer toDoñana National Park .Approximately twenty centuries ago, it was a large inner lake, known as "Lacus Ligustinus" in Latin, surrounded by the Guadalquivir River and its tributaries and coastal sand bars to the South. The lake later became infilled with deposited sediment, gradually giving way to the current marshes.
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