PORTUGAL · LANDSCAPE · WATER
Zonas Vulneráveis a Nitratos
What this layer shows
The nitrate vulnerable zones (Directive 91/676/EEC), in mainland Portugal, where agricultural activity is subject to mandatory action programmes to protect the waters from nitrate pollution.
Publisher and licence
Agência Portuguesa do Ambiente, I.P.
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© Agência Portuguesa do Ambiente, I.P.
Where the data comes from
ARCGIS · sniambgeoogc.apambiente.pt
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Water and coast
The water-related constraints of mainland Portugal: the drinking-water abstraction protection perimeters (immediate, intermediate and outer zones), the Water Framework Directive abstraction protected zones, the public-water reservoirs and their POAAP zoning, the POOC coastal zoning, the waste-water sensitive areas and the nitrate vulnerable zones.