EVOLUCIÓN DEL ESPACIO NATURAL DE LA CABECERA DE LAS LAGUNAS DE RUIDERA SIGLOS XVIII Y XIX)

The aim of this work is the analysis of the variations in the upper section of the fluviolacustrine system of Lagunas de Ruidera-Ruidera´s Lakes- (Spain) in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries: in their vessels, slopes and banks. Monitoring of these developments has been supported by the diachronic examination of different cartographic elaborate sets over two centuries, and multiple document sources, numerous literature works and field reconnaissance. This place, forms one of the most beautiful sets and spectacular lakes in Europe. It is located between the provinces of Albacete and Ciudad Real, in the autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha, and is part of the Demarcation of the Guadiana river