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The biosphere reserve area is located in the Cabriel river basin in the autonomous communities of Castilla-La Mancha, Valencia and Aragón. The area is characterized by significant landscape diversity including mountainous areas, rock formations formed by the confinement of fluvial channels, agricultural zones of the alluvial plains, salt marshes and lagoons.The area experiences climatic variability with rainfall varying from 400 mm to 1200 mm and average annual temperatures ranging between 7°C and 17°C. Lithological and pedological variability and altitudinal variance, which ranges from 340 metres above sea level to the south and more than 1,800 metres to the north, have led to a high diversity of ecosystems. The majority of the site enjoys a Mediterranean climate, although the northern mountainous area is located in a more temperate region.Fluvial channels cross the proposed area and function as a network of connecting links not only for raw materials, but also for ideas and customs. They also act as an ecological corridor connecting the whole territory and enabling the distribution of vegetation and fauna. The vegetation is characterized by Iberian gypsum vegetation (Gypsophiletalia), karstic calcareous grasslands or basophils of the Alysso-Sedion albi, Mediterranean pine forests of endemic black pines, endemic forests of Juniperus spp., pre-steppe areas of gramineous and annuals of Thero-Brachypodietea. In relation to fauna, 249 species of vertebrates have been identified of which 154 correspond to groups of birds, 47 to mammals, 20 to reptiles, 19 to inland fish and 9 to amphibians.