La Ciudad Encantada
Oct 31, 2017 14:07:38 GMT
Post by amboseli on Oct 31, 2017 14:07:38 GMT
'La Ciudad Encantada' (the Enchanted City) is a geological site near the city of Cuenca, in the autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain in which the erosive forces of weather and the waters of the nearby Júcar river have formed rocks into distinctive and memorable shapes. It was declared a Natural Site of National Interest on 11 June 1929.
The rock formations of Ciudad Encantada are karst formations made of limestone and dolomite, which date back to the Cretaceous period, approximately 90 million years ago. Rain falling on the original limestone plateau wore down the porous limestone, leaving behind the more resistant dolomite. Because the dolomite was not always distributed evenly in the original rock, the result was the irregularly eroded shapes that form the Ciudad Encantada. (source: Wikipedia)
The rock formations that have been named include:
Mushroom rock Seta
La Tortuga
Convento
Los Barcos
El Perro
Hongos
El Puente Romano
El Tobogán
La Lucha entre el Elefante el Cocodrilo
Random rock formations
The rock formations of Ciudad Encantada are karst formations made of limestone and dolomite, which date back to the Cretaceous period, approximately 90 million years ago. Rain falling on the original limestone plateau wore down the porous limestone, leaving behind the more resistant dolomite. Because the dolomite was not always distributed evenly in the original rock, the result was the irregularly eroded shapes that form the Ciudad Encantada. (source: Wikipedia)
The rock formations that have been named include:
Mushroom rock Seta
La Tortuga
Convento
Los Barcos
El Perro
Hongos
El Puente Romano
El Tobogán
La Lucha entre el Elefante el Cocodrilo
Random rock formations
