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Hola amigos de TE, esto es la zona del Torcal de Antequera:

El Paraje Natural "Torcal de Antequera" es un paraje natural situado en el término municipal de Antequera, en la provincia de Málaga en Andalucía (España), famoso por las caprichosas formas que los diversos agentes erosivos han ido modelando en sus rocas calizas. Su extensión es de unos 20 kilómetros cuadrados. Representa una muestra del paisaje karstico de Europa.

Sus orígenes se remontan al período Jurásico, más concretamente la Era Secundaria, es decir, hace unos 150 millones de años. Por aquel entonces la zona constituía un alargado pasillo marítimo que comunicaba, desde el Golfo de Cádiz hasta Alicante, los primitivos océano Atlántico y mar Mediterráneo. Fueron los Plegamientos Alpinos, en la Era Terciaria, los que provocaron que emergieran los sedimentos calizos depositados en el fondo de este brazo oceánico, dando lugar a sierras, cuyas cumbres adoptaron, con frecuencia, forma de "champiñón".

Espero que os guste!
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Hello friendly TE, this is the park of Torcal of Antequera (Málaga):

El Torcal de Antequera is a nature reserve in the Sierra del Torcal mountain range located south of the city of Antequera, in the province of Málaga off the A45 road in Andalusia, Spain. It is known for its unusual landforms, and is one of the most impressive karst landscapes in Europe. The area was designated a Natural Site of National Interest in July 1929, and a Natural Park Reserve of about 17 square kilometres was created in October 1978.

The Jurassic age limestone is about 150 million years old and was laid down in a marine corridor that extended from the Gulf of Cádiz to Alicante between the present Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. These seabeds were uplifted to an elevation of over 1300 meters during the Tertiary era, resulting in a modest mountain range of flat-lying limestone, which is rare in Andalucia. Later, a series of fractures, cracks and faults at right-angles (generally NW-SE and NE-SW) were exploited by erosion and produced the alleys between large blocks of limestone visible today. The blocks themselves have been subjected to both dissolution by water (karstification) and freeze-thaw splitting action which, working on the limestone’s horizontal beds, resulted in the various shapes visible today, many of which resemble, and have been named after, everyday objects such as the Sphinx, the Jug, the Camel, the Screw, etc. Other flat surfaces have been karstified into rugged, rocky lands where travel on foot is difficult.

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