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The Carraixet ravine is a course of water from the north of the Valencian province, in the Valencian Community (Spain). It begins in Gátova and collects waters from the sloped southern side of the Calderona mountain range.^[1] It flows into the Mediterranean Sea through the town of Alboraya.^[1] At its mouth, it is also called the Olocau ravine or the Peralvillo ravine. In the Book of the Facts (in Valencian: Llibre dels feits) James I named it riu Sec ("Dry river"), while discussing the Battle of the Puig.^[1]

Course

The Carraixet ravine begins in the end of Gátova, to the west of the town. It collects waters from the south slope of the Calderona mountain range, from the sources of Alameda and Xarvilla.^[1] Afterwards, it passes through Olocau and flows in a south-eastern direction towards the end of Bétera, reaching its wide river bed. The Cirer and Náquera^[1] ravines join it from the left. It crosses further on in the end of Moncada and touches Alfara del Patriarca, and serves as the border between the municipalities. It has this function almost until its mouth. Like this, it passes by Foios and Vinalesa, where it hits the Palmaret Alto ravine. From here, and already channeled, it continues to the Valencian municipalities of Benifaraig and Carpesa. It hits Bonrepòs i Mirambell, and afterwards goes east. It goes through Tavernes Blanques, a town that is on the right bank. At this height the shrine of the Virgin of the Abandoned can be found next to the channel. This shrine was reconstructed and reformed in the same place that it was in 1447, next to the place where they buried the executed.^[1] The ancient road of Valencia to Barcelona crosses the ravine here. It enters afterwards at the end of Alboraya. The course, generally dry until here, begins to fill with water, coming up from diverse wells situated inside of the same stream. The last route of the ravine is totally filled with water and is a fishing area. On its right bank, near the mouth, there is another shrine that commemorates the miracle of the fish.^[2]

Canalisation

With a riverbed that is usually dry, strong periods of rain can be destructive, due to the size of its basin and its strong slopes. Remarkable floods occurred in 1949 and 1957.^[1] Furthermore, due to lack of water volume, there are a lot of garden paths between various towns of the region. These are unpractical and dangerous for crossing if the ravine contains some water.

Tributaries

l'Olla Ravine
Pedralbilla^[3] Ravine
Cirer Ravine (begins in the Calderona mountain chain)^[4]

Green road

In September 2015, representatives from the Compromís collective, that is situated the banks of the Carraixet, met at Pont Sec ("dry bridge") to defend the ravine as a natural space, to begin to value its landscapes, and its biologic and hereditary values, and to report the aggressions that it is suffering from. The MP of Compromís, Joan Baldoví, presented an amendment of the general State budget, demanding an investment to adapt the riverside as a green road with shade, accessible zones, tourist indications and relaxing zones.^[5]

Pont Sec

39°33′42.75″N 0°23′13.95″W / 39.5618750°N 0.3872083°W / 39.5618750; -0.3872083

At the end of the Moncada municipality, the ravine is a road for livestock. Its environment has been damaged in the last years with dumps of rubbish, uncontrolled agricultural transformations, etc., and due to this, the aquatic plant ecosystem has disappeared almost entirely. Between the Pont Sec and the Racó de Casans (Metropolitan Seminar), between the municipal terms of Moncada and Foios, the Acequia of Bofilla has emerged, which provides water to keep the middle of the ravine in a humid zone, which is usually a dry zone. This facilitates the nesting of birds in the spring, and the possibility to see moorhens between the cattail bushes. It is also possible to see numerous vegetal species.^[6]^[7]

Environmental volunteering

Since 2013, volunteers from the Project Emys of Acció Environmentalist-Agró have started to monitor the population of Spanish pond turtles with traps made of nets, which are living in the Pont Sec. In this way, they are able to count the amount of the Mauremys leprosa.

In 2015, 24 volunteers participated in this initiative at Pont Sec, in collaboration with the Colla Ecologista of Massarrojos, Col·lectiu Cultural Bòbila from Alfara del Patriarca and the Associació Cultural Macarella from Bonrepòs i Mirambell. They were able to find five Iberian water turtles, three already captured and counted in previous editions, and two new turtles counted for the first time. They also removed a Pond slider, an exotic species that threatens the local turtles.^[8]

Municipalities it passes by

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Carraixet, barranco de". Gran Enciclopedia Temática de la Comunidad Valenciana. Vol. Geografía. Editorial Prensa Valenciana. 2009.
^ Almàssera: Guía turística (in Spanish). Almàssera: Ajuntament d'Almàssera. 2008.
^ "barranc de Carraixet". Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana (in Catalan).
^ "barranc del Cirer". Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana (in Catalan).
^ Bonrepos.compromis.net, ed. (15 September 2015). "Joan Baldoví visita el Carraixet i reivindica la via verda al Congrés" (in Catalan).
^ Accioecologista-agro.org, ed. (July 22, 2015). "Projecte Emys: Informe Carraixet" (in Catalan). Archived from the original on March 11, 2016. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
^ Moncada.es (ed.). "Barranc del Carraixet" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2013-04-25.
^ Accioecologista-agro.org, ed. (22 July 2015). "Projecte Emys: Informe Carraixet". Archived from the original on 11 March 2016.

[carraixenci-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Carraixet, barranco de". Gran Enciclopedia Temática de la Comunidad Valenciana. Vol. Geografía. Editorial Prensa Valenciana. 2009.

[folleto-2] Almàssera: Guía turística (in Spanish). Almàssera: Ajuntament d'Almàssera. 2008.

[GEC-3] "barranc de Carraixet". Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana (in Catalan).

[4] "barranc del Cirer". Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana (in Catalan).

[5] Bonrepos.compromis.net, ed. (15 September 2015). "Joan Baldoví visita el Carraixet i reivindica la via verda al Congrés" (in Catalan).

[:3-6] Accioecologista-agro.org, ed. (July 22, 2015). "Projecte Emys: Informe Carraixet" (in Catalan). Archived from the original on March 11, 2016. Retrieved July 3, 2015.

[7] Moncada.es (ed.). "Barranc del Carraixet" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2013-04-25.

[:4-8] Accioecologista-agro.org, ed. (22 July 2015). "Projecte Emys: Informe Carraixet". Archived from the original on 11 March 2016.

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+{{short description|Ravine in Valencia province, Spain}}
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+[[File:Barranc del Carraixet.jpg|thumb|End area of Carraixet, near the sea in [[Alboraia]]]]
-The '''ravine of Carraixet''' is a course of northern water of the [[Province of Valencia|Valencian province]], in the [[Valencian Community]] (Spain). It wells close to [[Gátova]] and collects waters from the south slopes of the Calderona mountain.<ref name="carraixenci">{{Cite book|publisher=Editorial Prensa Valenciana|editor=|others=|title=Gran Enciclopedia Temática de la Comunidad Valenciana|year=2009|volume=Geografía|chapter=Carraixet, barranco de}}</ref> It ends in the Mediterranean sea in the area of [[Alboraya]].<ref name="carraixenci">{{Cite book|publisher=Editorial Prensa Valenciana|editor=|others=|title=Gran Enciclopedia Temática de la Comunidad Valenciana|year=2009|volume=Geografía|chapter=Carraixet, barranco de}}</ref> The part of his mouthing  is also called ''ravine of Olocau'' or ''ravine'' ''of Peralvillo.'' Inthe [[Llibre dels fets|Book of the Facts]] (in Valencian: Llibre dels feits) [[James I of Aragon|James I]] called it ''riu Sec'' ("Dry river") while talking about the [[battle of the Puig]].<ref name="carraixenci">{{Cite book|publisher=Editorial Prensa Valenciana|editor=|others=|title=Gran Enciclopedia Temática de la Comunidad Valenciana|year=2009|volume=Geografía|chapter=Carraixet, barranco de}}</ref>
+The '''Carraixet''' ravine is a course of water from the north of the [[Province of Valencia|Valencian province]], in the [[Valencian Community]] ([[Spain]]). It begins in [[Gátova]] and collects waters from the sloped southern side of the Calderona mountain range.<ref name="carraixenci">{{Cite book|publisher=Editorial Prensa Valenciana|title=Gran Enciclopedia Temática de la Comunidad Valenciana|year=2009|volume=Geografía|chapter=Carraixet, barranco de}}</ref> It flows into the [[Mediterranean Sea]] through the town of [[Alboraya]].<ref name="carraixenci" /> At its mouth, it is also called the ''Olocau ravine'' or the ''Peralvillo ravine.'' In the [[Llibre dels fets|Book of the Facts]] (in Valencian: Llibre dels feits) [[James I of Aragon|James I]] named it ''riu Sec'' ("Dry river"), while discussing the [[Battle of the Puig]].<ref name="carraixenci" />
 == Course ==
-The ravine of the Carraixet wells in the west area of [[Gátova]]. It collects waters from the south slope of the [[Serra Calderona|Calderona mountain chain]], specifically from the sources of Alameda and Xarvilla.<ref name="carraixenci">{{Cite book|publisher=Editorial Prensa Valenciana|editor=|others=|title=Gran Enciclopedia Temática de la Comunidad Valenciana|year=2009|volume=Geografía|chapter=Carraixet, barranco de}}</ref> Afterwards it passes through [[Olocau]] and flows with direction south-east to the end of [[Bétera]], reaching his wide river bed. The ravines of Cirer and [[Náquera]]<ref name="carraixenci">{{Cite book|publisher=Editorial Prensa Valenciana|editor=|others=|title=Gran Enciclopedia Temática de la Comunidad Valenciana|year=2009|volume=Geografía|chapter=Carraixet, barranco de}}</ref> are joining it from the left. It crosses earlier the end of [[Moncada, Valencia|Moncada]] and touches [[Alfara del Patriarca|Alfara of the Patriarch]], and is serving as the border between the municipalities. It exerts this function almost until its mouth. Like this it is passing by [[Foios|Foyos]] and [[Vinalesa]], where it hits the ravine of Palmaret Alto. From here, and already piped, it continues to the [[Valencia]]n municipalities Benifaraig and Carpesa. It hits [[Bonrepòs i Mirambell|Bonrepós and Mirambell]] and is taking afterwards direction east. It is going through [[Tavernes Blanques]], a population on its  right margin. In this height the shrine of the Virgin of the abandoned can be found next to the channel. This shrine is reconstructed and reformed in the same place that occupied the constructed area in [[1447]], next to the place where they buried the executed.<ref name="carraixenci">{{Cite book|publisher=Editorial Prensa Valenciana|editor=|others=|title=Gran Enciclopedia Temática de la Comunidad Valenciana|year=2009|volume=Geografía|chapter=Carraixet, barranco de}}</ref> The ancient road of [[Valencia]] to [[Barcelona]] crosses here the ravine. It enters afterwards the end of [[Alboraya]]. The course, generally dry until here, begins to be seen filled with water, coming from diverse ''wells ''situated inside of the same course. The last route of the ravine is totally filled with water and is a fishing area. In its right margin, near to the mouth, there is another shrine that commemorates the miracle of the fish.<ref name="folleto">{{Cite book|title=Almàssera: Guía turística|publisher=Ayuntamiento de Almácera|year=2008|language=Spanish|location=Almácera}}</ref>
+The Carraixet ravine begins in the end of [[Gátova]], to the west of the town. It collects waters from the south slope of the [[Serra Calderona|Calderona mountain range]], from the sources of Alameda and Xarvilla.<ref name="carraixenci" /> Afterwards, it passes through [[Olocau]] and flows in a south-eastern direction towards the end of [[Bétera]], reaching its wide river bed. The Cirer and [[Náquera]]<ref name="carraixenci" /> ravines join it from the left. It crosses further on in the end of [[Moncada, Valencia|Moncada]] and touches [[Alfara del Patriarca]], and serves as the border between the municipalities. It has this function almost until its mouth. Like this, it passes by [[Foios]] and [[Vinalesa]], where it hits the Palmaret Alto ravine. From here, and already channeled, it continues to the [[Valencia]]n municipalities of Benifaraig and Carpesa. It hits [[Bonrepòs i Mirambell]], and afterwards goes east. It goes through [[Tavernes Blanques]], a town that is on the right bank. At this height the shrine of the Virgin of the Abandoned can be found next to the channel. This shrine was reconstructed and reformed in the same place that it was in 1447, next to the place where they buried the executed.<ref name="carraixenci" /> The ancient road of [[Valencia]] to [[Barcelona]] crosses the ravine here. It enters afterwards at the end of [[Alboraya]]. The course, generally dry until here, begins to fill with water, coming up from diverse wells situated inside of the same stream. The last route of the ravine is totally filled with water and is a fishing area. On its right bank, near the mouth, there is another shrine that commemorates the miracle of the fish.<ref name="folleto">{{Cite book|title=Almàssera: Guía turística|publisher=Ajuntament d'Almàssera|year=2008|language=es|location=Almàssera}}</ref>
 === Canalisation ===
-Its course, usually dry, can be destroying in periods of strong [[rain]]s because of the size of its basin and the strong fall of its course. The remarkable floods were the once of [[1949]] and [[1957]].<ref name="carraixenci">{{Cite book|publisher=Editorial Prensa Valenciana|editor=|others=|title=Gran Enciclopedia Temática de la Comunidad Valenciana|year=2009|volume=Geografía|chapter=Carraixet, barranco de}}</ref> Furthermore, due to its zero flow there are a lot of garden paths between various localities of the region. These are unpractical and dangerous for crossing if the ravine contains some water.
+With a riverbed that is usually dry, strong periods of [[rain]] can be destructive, due to the size of its basin and its strong slopes. Remarkable floods occurred in 1949 and 1957.<ref name="carraixenci" /> Furthermore, due to lack of water volume, there are a lot of garden paths between various towns of the region. These are unpractical and dangerous for crossing if the ravine contains some water.
 == Tributaries ==
-* Ravine of l'Olla.
+* l'Olla Ravine
-* Ravine of Pedralbilla.<ref name="GEC"><span class="citation web">[[Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana|Gran Enciclopedia Catalana]] (ed.). [http://www.enciclopedia.cat/enciclop%C3%A8dies/gran-enciclop%C3%A8dia-catalana/EC-GEC-0015268.xml «barranc de Carraixet»]. ''l'Enciclopèdia'' (en catalán). </span></ref>
+* Pedralbilla<ref name="GEC">{{cite encyclopedia |encyclopedia=[[Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana]] |url=http://www.enciclopedia.cat/enciclop%C3%A8dies/gran-enciclop%C3%A8dia-catalana/EC-GEC-0015268.xml |title=barranc de Carraixet |lang=Catalan}}</ref> Ravine
-* Ravine of Cirer (is born in the [[Serra Calderona|mountain chain Calderona]]).<ref><span class="citation web">[[Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana|Gran Enciclopedia Catalana]] (ed.). [http://www.enciclopedia.cat/enciclop%C3%A8dies/gran-enciclop%C3%A8dia-catalana/EC-GEC-0017842.xml «barranc del Cirer»]. ''l'Enciclopèdia'' (en catalán). </span></ref>
+* Cirer Ravine (begins in the [[Serra Calderona|Calderona mountain chain]])<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |encyclopedia=[[Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana]] |url=http://www.enciclopedia.cat/enciclop%C3%A8dies/gran-enciclop%C3%A8dia-catalana/EC-GEC-0017842.xml |title=barranc del Cirer |lang=Catalan}}</ref>
 == Green road ==
 [[File:Fem_i_runa_al_barranc_de_Carraixet10.jpg|left|thumb]]
-In September 2015 representatives of the communities of [[Coalició Compromís|Compromís]] of the margins of Carraixet gathered in the place of Pont Sec ("dry bridge") to defend the ravine as a natural space, put in use his values of landscapes, biologicals and properties and to report the aggressions that it is suffering. The deputy of Compromís [[Joan Baldoví]] presented an amendment to the general budgets of the State, demanding an investment to adapt the margins of the ravine like a green road with shadows, accessible zones and tourist indications and relaxing zones.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bonrepos.compromis.net/2015/09/15/joan-baldovi-visita-el-carraixet-i-reivindica-la-via-verda-al-congres/|title=Joan Baldoví visita el Carraixet i reivindica la via verda al Congrés|date=15 September 2015|language=Catalan|access-date=February 2016|editor=Bonrepos.compromis.net}}</ref>
+In September 2015, representatives from the [[Coalició Compromís|Compromís]] collective, that is situated the banks of the Carraixet, met at Pont Sec ("dry bridge") to defend the ravine as a natural space, to begin to value its landscapes, and its biologic and hereditary values, and to report the aggressions that it is suffering from. The MP of Compromís, [[Joan Baldoví]], presented an amendment of the general State budget, demanding an investment to adapt the riverside as a green road with shade, accessible zones, tourist indications and relaxing zones.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bonrepos.compromis.net/2015/09/15/joan-baldovi-visita-el-carraixet-i-reivindica-la-via-verda-al-congres/|title=Joan Baldoví visita el Carraixet i reivindica la via verda al Congrés |date=15 September 2015|language=ca|access-date= |editor=Bonrepos.compromis.net}}</ref>
 == Pont Sec ==
 {{Coord|39|33|42.75|N|0|23|13.95|W}}
 [[File:Ullal_del_Pont_Sec_al_Barranc_del_Carraixet_11.jpg|left|thumb]]
-In the end of the municipality of [[Moncada, Valencia|Moncada]], the ravine is a range road and has degraded a lot in the last years, with dumps of rubbish, uncontrolled agricultural transformations, etc. because of that the ecosystem of the aquatic plants have disappeared almost entirely. Between the Pont Sec and the Racó of Casans (Metropolitan Seminar), between the municipal terms of [[Moncada, Valencia|Moncada]] and [[Foios|Foyos]], exists the upwelling of the [[Acequia]] of Bofilla, that provides water to keep it a humid zone in the middle of the ravine, which is usually a dry and humid zone. This facilitates the nesting of birds in spring, and the possibility to see [[moorhen]]s between the bushes of cattail mallards, etc. It is also possible to see numerous of the vegetal species.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=http://www.accioecologista-agro.org/spip.php?article4794|title=Projecte Emys: Informe Carraixet|date=July 22th 2015|language=Catalan|access-date=July 2015|editor=Accioecologista-agro.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.moncada.es/contents/servicios-municipales/arqueologia/PatrimonioNatural/BarrancoCarraixet|title=Barranc del Carraixet|date=|language=Spanish|access-date=February 2016|editor=Moncada.es}}</ref>
+At the end of the [[Moncada, Valencia|Moncada]] municipality, the ravine is a road for livestock. Its environment has been damaged in the last years with dumps of rubbish, uncontrolled agricultural transformations, etc., and due to this, the aquatic plant ecosystem has disappeared almost entirely. Between the Pont Sec and the Racó de Casans (Metropolitan Seminar), between the municipal terms of [[Moncada, Valencia|Moncada]] and [[Foios]], the [[Acequia]] of Bofilla has emerged, which provides water to keep the middle of the ravine in a humid zone, which is usually a dry zone. This facilitates the nesting of birds in the spring, and the possibility to see [[moorhen]]s between the cattail bushes. It is also possible to see numerous vegetal species.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=http://www.accioecologista-agro.org/spip.php?article4794|title=Projecte Emys: Informe Carraixet|date=July 22, 2015|language=ca|access-date=July 3, 2015|editor=Accioecologista-agro.org|archive-date=March 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311005449/http://www.accioecologista-agro.org/spip.php?article4794|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.moncada.es/contents/servicios-municipales/arqueologia/PatrimonioNatural/BarrancoCarraixet|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130425004912/http://www.moncada.es/contents/servicios-municipales/arqueologia/PatrimonioNatural/BarrancoCarraixet/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-04-25|title=Barranc del Carraixet|language=es|access-date= |editor=Moncada.es}}</ref>
 === Environmental volunteering ===
-Since the year 2013 the volunteers of the Project Emys of Acció Environmentalist-Agró have started to monitor the population of [[Spanish pond turtle|Iberian water turtles]] that are surviving in the Pont Sec, with traps made of nets. In this way they are able to count the amount of the ''Mauremys leprosa.''
+Since 2013, volunteers from the Project Emys of Acció Environmentalist-Agró have started to monitor the population of [[Spanish pond turtle]]s with traps made of nets, which are living in the Pont Sec. In this way, they are able to count the amount of the ''Mauremys leprosa.''
-In the year 2015, 24 volunteers participated this initiative in collaboration with the Colla Ecologista of Massarrojos, Col·lectiu Cultural Bòbila of [[Alfara del Patriarca|Alfara of the Patriarch]] and the Associació Cultural Macarella of [[Bonrepòs i Mirambell|Bonrepós and Mirambell]], which took place in the Pont Sec. They localized five Iberian water turtles, three already captured and counted in previous editions and two new individuals counted for the first time. They removed a [[Pond slider]], an exotic species and offender of the local turtles.<ref name=":3">{{cite web|url = http://www.accioecologista-agro.org/spip.php?article4794|title = Projecte Emys: Informe Carraixet|access-date= juliol 2015|language = |editor = Accioecologista-agro.org|date = 22 juliol 2015}}</ref>
+In 2015, 24 volunteers participated in this initiative at Pont Sec, in collaboration with the Colla Ecologista of Massarrojos, Col·lectiu Cultural Bòbila from [[Alfara del Patriarca]] and the Associació Cultural Macarella from [[Bonrepòs i Mirambell]]. They were able to find five Iberian water turtles, three already captured and counted in previous editions, and two new turtles counted for the first time. They also removed a [[Pond slider]], an exotic species that threatens the local turtles.<ref name=":4">{{cite web |url = http://www.accioecologista-agro.org/spip.php?article4794|title = Projecte Emys: Informe Carraixet |access-date = |editor = Accioecologista-agro.org|date = 22 July 2015|archive-date = 11 March 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160311005449/http://www.accioecologista-agro.org/spip.php?article4794|url-status = dead}}</ref>
-== Municipalities it is passing by  ==
+== Municipalities it passes by  ==
 * [[Gátova]]
 * [[Marines, Valencia|Marines]]
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 * [[Bétera]]
 * [[Moncada, Valencia|Moncada]]
-* [[Alfara del Patriarca|Alfara Of the Patriarch]]
+* [[Alfara del Patriarca]]
 * [[Vinalesa]]
-* [[Bonrepòs i Mirambell|Bonrepós And Mirambell]]
+* [[Bonrepòs i Mirambell]]
 * [[Tavernes Blanques]]
-* [[Almàssera|Almácera]]
+* [[Almàssera]]
 * [[Alboraya]]
 == References ==
 {{Reflist}}
+{{Authority control}}
 [[Category:Horta Nord]]
 [[Category:Rivers of the Valencian Community]]
+[[Category:Rivers of Spain]]