exploring our environment

presenting our environment

Cabo de Gata Natural Park

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By: Elisabeth Martinez Valenzuela 3ºB

the relief

It has a volcanic origin and its relief is characterized by containing pitons, dikes, boilers, cornices and domes. This particular geological complex results in one of the coastal strips with the greatest scenic value in the Spanish Mediterranean.

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volcanic relief map

In the next vote I will show you a map with the different volcanic reliefs marked in Spain

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exogenous processes

Its composition tells us of a past where the sea was warmer and the waves more intense. The changes in the volcanic and sedimentary rocks, the settlement of animals and the adaptation of plants combine in harmony to form what we know today as Cabo de Gata.

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geological history

It constitutes a small emerged part of an extensive volcanic chain, between 6 and 15 million years old, located between Spain and North Africa and which currently appears almost entirely submerged, only outcropping at Cape de Gata and on the island of Alborán.

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How will the relief be in the future?

In the future, I believe that the relief will continue to be volcanic and will be a very important tourist spot for Spain, although this will mean that the beach and waters will be contaminated thanks to people who throw garbage on the ground.

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In this interactive image are the volcanic reliefs in Spain

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