Riserva Naturale della Valle Cavanata

The Reserve mainly consists in fishing valleys, a series of sheets of water and channels, interrupted by sandy areas periodically flooded by water (the so-called "velme") and by islets (the sandbanks). Like every fishing valley, it originated from not very deep lagoons, embanked and isolated with adjustable locks maintaining the ideal water level for hunting and fishing. With the establishment of the reserve in 1996, the Valle Cavanata has no longer been exploited for fish breeding, and through a different management of the hydric levels has become an internationally important habitat for the birds characteristic of the wetlands.