El Hierro's size and geography supports entirely endemic species including the critically endangered ( Gallotia simonyi), for which there is a captive breeding programme, allowing its reintroduction. The non-barren parts of the interior rely on, not much more than the average of 19 rainfall days per year, high relative humidity and geothermal springs. This non-arid parts have thermophilous (geothermal heat-liking) clumps and a pine forest with other evergreens. In 2000, El Hierro was designated by as a, with 60% of its territory protected to preserve its natural and cultural diversity. Among in these waters, it is notable that several species of lesser known inhabit around the island. Like the rest of the chain, El Hierro is volcanic and sharply mountainous. Starry night pro 7 torrent download.
One eruption has to date been recorded on the island: from the Volcan de Lomo Negro vent in 1793, lasting a month. [ ] Except as landscaped at its harbour towns the shore is rocky and in places precipitous. El Hierro is a 268.71-square-kilometre (103.75 sq mi) island, formed late, about 1.2 million years ago after three successive eruptions, the island emerged from the ocean as a triangle of topped with a cone more than 2,000 metres high. With continued activity resulting in the island expanding to have the largest number of in the Canaries (over 500 cones, another 300 covered by more recent deposits), together with approximately 70 caves and volcanic galleries, including the whose collection of channels exceeds 6 km.
Landslides, plant erosion and seasonal wind erosion have reduced the size and height of the island. The current highest point is in the middle of the island, in Malpaso, 1501 meters high. Tourism and transportation [ ]. Festivals [ ] The most important festival of El Hierro is the Bajada de la Virgen de los Reyes, held every four years, on the first Saturday of July (the last occasion was in 2017, and the next will be in 2021). During the festival, the Virgin of the Kings ( Virgen de los Reyes, patron saint of the island of El Hierro) is taken from her sanctuary in La Dehesa (in the municipality of ) and carried to the capital of the island,, making a tour of 44 kilometers and running through all the towns of El Hierro. The annual festival of the Virgin is celebrated every September 24. Natural symbols [ ].
Assembly of the first of five wind turbines with 2.5 MW each. According to the Ministry for Industry, Tourism and Commerce, El Hierro hopes to become the first island in the world to be self-sufficient for electrical energy. This will be achieved through a €54 million project combining a greater than 11 and two hydroelectric projects. This hydro and wind-power project, created by the local Gorona del Viento El Hierro consortium with financial aid from the, and officially inaugurated in 2015, consists of five capable of producing 11.5 megawatts of to supply electricity for approximately 11,000 residents, an additional number of tourists, and three water facilities.
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