1. The most influential geological events in Almería’s landscape have been:
The Alpine Orogeny:
(150 million years ago.
Jurassic)
It produces the elevation of
the mountains of Almeria. The
most notable elevation is
Sierra Nevada
Final forming of the landscape:
(1,8 million years ago. Pleistocene)
The defrost happened from the
last glaciation and its erosion.
Appear the sub-desert landscape
of the Natural Park of Tabernas
Desert.
Mediterranean sea decreases:
(5 million years ago. Miocene)
Marine basins are formed and that
causes the evaporation of the seas.
The Sorbas gypsum karsts appears.
Volcanic action:
(Ten million years ago Pliceno)
Located in the south oriental
vertex, in the national park of
Cabo de Gata.

2. Sierra Nevada is a National and Natural Park where you can find the
Mulhacen, the highest peak in the peninsula . Sierra Nevada is located
in the south of Spain, belonging to the Penibética range, so it joins
Granada and Almeria.
Sierra Nevada is named for its large snowfall, for its altitude,
temperatures and because it snows all year round.

3. The Yesos’s Karst in Sorbas, is a complex of caves,
canyons, geodes and other karst phenomena.
It is situated on a deposit of plaster, in the south of
the Sorbas locality, in Almería.
It appeared originally after the invasion of the
Mediterranean sea to the basin of Sorbas, it
happened by an evaporation process.
When the sea was lower, plasters remained on the
surface exposed to rain water, which gave this
incredible features to this karstic landscape.

4. Cabo de Gata- Nijar Natural Park in the southeastern corner of Spain, it is Andalucia's largest
coastal protected area, a wild and isolated
landscape with some of Europe's most original
geological features. It is the only region in
Europe with a warm desert climate.
Cabo de Gata dunes in the Natural Park
Dead men’ beach
Mermaid ‘ reef

5. The Tabernas Desert is a place located in the province of Almería
(Spain).
It is protected as a Natural Park in an area of 280 km2. It is the only
site considered a desert throughout the Iberian Peninsula. It has this
name for its climates, almost never rains...

6. The Tabernas Desert is a place located in the province of Almería
(Spain).
It is protected as a Natural Park in an area of 280 km2. It is the only
site considered a desert throughout the Iberian Peninsula. It has this
name for its climates, almost never rains...