The Open Geography Journal

2012, 5 : 78-83
Published online 2012 October . DOI: 10.2174/1874923201205010078
Publisher ID: TOGEOGJ-5-78

Geomorphological and Sedimentological Evolution of the Ramsar-Listed Wetland Reserve “Laguna de El Conde” (Cordoba, Spain)

J. M. Recio Espejo , A. Martinez Camero and J. Gil Torres
Ecology (Physical Geography- Geomorphology). University of Córdoba, Spain.

ABSTRACT

The “laguna de El Conde” wetland Ramsar reserve (Córdoba, Spain) depicts a geomorphological progression with different Pleistocene and Holocene stages and reaching a concluding situation by anthropic manipulation of the local network of tributaries. The nature of the sediments carried into the Triassic-gypsum depression where the reserve is situated. Further, dissolution processes and the formation of an inter-sedimentary layer of water are found to play a critical role in the formation of this protected wetland.

Keywords:

Geomorphological evolution, sediments characterization, anthropic modifications.