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Caverna De Las Brujas
The Witches' Cave (in Spanish, ''Caverna de las Brujas'') is a cave, a nature reserve and a national natural monument in Argentina. It is located in the Moncol Hill, at above mean sea level, within the Malargüe Department, in the south of Mendoza Province (Cuyo, Argentina, Cuyo region), about southwest of the town of Malargüe. The cave covers an area of and was declared a provincial reserve (''Reserva Provincial Caverna de las Brujas'') in 1990. It is a solutional limestone cave, formed by Jurassic sedimentary rock that rose from the ocean Andean orogeny, as the Andes emerged during the Cenozoic, Cenozoic Era. The rock was erosion, eroded by underground water currents and vertically Fracture (geology), fractured. Further erosion occurred at the end of the Llanquihue glaciation, last Ice Age, when precipitation was much higher Arid Diagonal, than today. The Witches' Cave is home to many peculiar speleothems (such as stalactites and stalagmites), deep underground water gallerie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malargüe Department
Malargüe is a Departments of Argentina, department located in the south west of Mendoza Province in Argentina. Its borders are San Rafael Department, San Rafael in the north, La Pampa Province in the east, Neuquén Province in the south and Chile to the west. The provincial subdivision has a population of about 23,000 inhabitants in an area of , and its capital city is Malargüe, which is located around from the federal capital Buenos Aires. Geography The south of the Malargüe Department is considered as the north tip of the Patagonia and is home to the many nature reserves such as Reserva Provincial La Payunia, La Payunia, Castillos de Pincheira, Caverna de las Brujas and Llancanelo Lagoon, Laguna de Llancanelo. Districts The department is divided in four districts: *Agua Escondida, Mendoza, Agua Escondida *Malargüe *Río Barrancas *Río Grande, Mendoza, Río Grande Hydrology Malargüe has many hydric resources. Among its most important rivers are the Grande River (Argent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |