Las Lagunas de La Mata y Torrevieja Natural Park

The Lagunas de la Mata and Torrevieja is a Spanish protected natural area located in the province of Alicante, Valencian Community. They are located in the region of Vega Baja del Segura, occupying part of the municipalities of Torrevieja, Guardamar del Segura, Los Montesinos and Rojales.

Together with the neighbouring natural parks of El Hondo and the Salinas de Santa Pola, they form a triangle of wetlands of crucial importance for the development of the biological cycles of numerous species that use them both for their migrations and for nesting or wintering.

The Park is made up of two lagoons separated by an anticline called "El Chaparral". A channel joins both depressions, which are also artificially connected to the sea by means of two other channels known as "Acequiones", thus forming a unit of salt exploitation.