Visit the Ria de Aveiro in Murtosa

The Ria de Aveiro, the most beautiful hydrographic accidents, lard, the Municipality of Aveiro. The Ria de Aveiro extends about 45 km long, up from Mira Ovar. In Ria flow into rivers like the Vouga, Aveiro and Cértima. Communicates with the ocean through a bar that leads to artificial waters are affected by the salt waters of the sea and fresh water rivers which affects the flora and fauna of the region, and transforms this space into a very important habitat.
The Ria de Aveiro has a great diversity of natural habitats, "estuaries, lagoons, mudflats and sands exposed at low tide, Atlantic salt meadows, forests, dune Pine - (Pinus pinaster) and Pinheiro - Meek (Pinus pinea), bog high active freixiais (from Fraximus angustifolia), oak (Quercus fraginea) and many others. "
Ria de Aveiro: A story that speaks for itself. Environment Forum. Port: Group Forum. 1999, paragraph .59.
There are numerous species to be protected in the Ria de Aveiro, including the Otter (Lutra lutra), as well as fish species: plaice, sole, sea bass, mullet and eel. In the presence of the bulrush plant is of great importance in making mats and reed, still used today to make the bed and livestock along with faeces, used to fertilize the land. Areas covered by seaweed, are of high biological importance, for as shelter for juvenile fish species.