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This work highlights the importance of temporary ponds in the Cabriel river basin (Valencia). The scant interest on the part of today's society has led to the deterioration of these structures, being subjected to numerous and constant threats. Its study, therefore, is essential to know its high cultural and ethnographic value and improve the ecological communities that inhabit them. The characterization of these aspects has required an inventory of the ponds, which facilitates their geographic location and subsequent access. The diversity of existing ponds has been appreciated with respect to the typologies identified, the water catchment systems or the state of conservation they present; as well as its spatial concentration, derived from settlement and lithology. The results obtained confirm the poor condition of most of the ponds, after insufficient maintenance for decades. In this regard, some actions are proposed to mitigate or correct the main deficiencies detected (reduction of water inputs, clogging, loss of biodiversity). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]