between various towns of the region. These are unpractical and dangerous for crossing if the ravine contains some water. Tributaries l'Olla Ravine Pedralbilla Ravine Cirer Ravine (begins in the Calderona mountain chain) 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. Pont Sec 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. 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. Municipalities it passes by Gátova Marines Olocau Bétera Moncada Alfara del Patriarca Vinalesa Bonrepòs i Mirambell Tavernes Blanques Almàssera Alboraya References Horta Nord Rivers of the Valencian Community Rivers of Spain