The Guartelá Canyon (
Portuguese: ''Cânion Guartelá'') is a
canyon
A canyon (from ; archaic British English spelling: ''cañon''), or gorge, is a deep cleft between escarpments or cliffs resulting from weathering and the erosion, erosive activity of a river over geologic time scales. Rivers have a natural tenden ...
in
Tibagi
Tibagi is a municipality in the state of Paraná in the Southern Region of Brazil.
Second largest municipality of Paraná in land, Tibagi expands over an area of over . With the vast territory, its economy is based on agriculture and it is consi ...
and
Castro
Castro is a Romance language word that originally derived from Latin ''castrum'', a pre-Roman military camp or fortification (cf: Greek: ''kastron''; Proto-Celtic:''*Kassrik;'' br, kaer, *kastro). The English-language equivalent is '' chester''.
...
,
Paraná,
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
.
The canyon of the
Iapó River is protected by the
Guartelá State Park
The Guartelá State Park ( pt, Parque Estadual do Guartelá) is a state park in the state of Paraná, Brazil.
It protects the Guartelá Canyon, its surroundings and the area's natural environment.
Location
The Guartelá State Park is in the mu ...
, created in 1992.
References
Canyons of Paraná
Landforms of Paraná (state)
Tibagi
Castro, Paraná
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