The wetlands

Classification of wetlandsNatural Enviroment

Lakes (mountainer, insides, inshore)

Rivers

Marshes

Pond

Fen

Turbary

Fisch farms

Lagoon

Artificial Enviroment

Canal

Storage basins

Salt

Wetlands and coastal areas have become

acrossroads of Syracuse and a stopover for

migratory birds that will reach Africa in the fall or spring in Europe. In fact,

the birds are in the south-eastern Sicily more

favorable conditions for rest, to feed and replenish

their energy supplies needed to continue to migrate in search of

environments that can offer them a better

habitat.

The Megarian salt pondsAmong the most important coastal wetlands in the province of Siracusa include a large lagoon system, once used as a salt, which develops in the area of Augusta. This area is characterized by the presence of various species of birds that

make it interesting from a naturalistic.

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The Megarian salt ponds FLORA

The flora is organized in the plant associations which take the form of belts

more or less concentric.

From that we have said it’s evident that the ex-saltier of Augusta have a greatly important

role in the migration and life of many European birds. For this reason establishment

of a wildlife Reserve would be a way to revitalize Augusta.

The Ciane

The Cyane river is a short watercourse in Southern Sicily, Italy. The river has its origin from two different

water springs: Pisima and Pisimotta. It flows in correspondence of Syracuse’s port, after a run of 8

km having received the waters from the Anapo river.

The Cyane spring, with its dense papyrus vegetation, has always been considered a place of great beauty and evocation as well as a naturalistic

curiosity, as this plant is only found in a natural setting along the Nile river banks in Egypt.

The CianeFLORA

The Porcaria torrentThe Porcaria torrent flows to the spring

between Villasmundo and Carlentini. The

waters of eleven springs feed the

short course, and it assumes the name of Brucoli’s Canal near of its mouth.

Today, even though anthropic disorder, the riparian vegetation it wasn’t changed; the vegetation is that

typically of Iblee caves.

The Porcaria torrentFLORA