Meanders of Sastago (ZARAGOZA). The Aragonese Geological Heritage.

GEOGRAPHICAL SITUATION:

The town of Sástago is located next to the Ebro River, in the Bajo Aragón region. It is easily accessed from Zaragoza, traveling about 60 km towards the Southeast along the N-232 and regional highway 221; What we are doing is following the course of the Ebro, marked by its fertile plains, downstream.

CONTENT:

Typical meander shapes in the Ebro River, well observable from towns such as Sástago, Alborge or Cinco Olivas. The rambling course, with erosive and depositional fronts, corresponds to a phase of maturity of the river, with a relatively slow flow of the waters, now partly conditioned by the Mequinenza reservoir. The channel, with a development of terraces less than upstream (remember the wide plain of Zaragoza), is responsible for the tertiary materials of the geological depression of the Ebro; These lie subhorizontal and are made up here of detrital-carbonate formations (clays, sandstones, marls and margolimestone), between which levels of gypsum are interspersed. A massive, compact form of gypsum known as alabaster is mined; Quarry exploitation is already observable from Fuentes de Ebro, with very striking waste dumps with great environmental impact; raw material (there is a trade-exhibition center for handmade alabaster pieces in Cinco Olivas).

From Sástago, if we take local highway 2,105 towards Bujaraloz to the north, it is possible to see a typical steppe area of the Ebro depression, with its seasonal brackish lagoons and halophilic vegetation (saline soils).

Original idea Fº Javier Burillo Panivino 1993



Other subjects on Geology in Aragon

• Geologic history of Aragon.
• Approach to the Geology of Aragon.
• The Climate in Aragon.
• The Relief in Aragon.
• Geologic patrimony in Aragon.
• The Aragonese Geologic units.
• The Geologic means Aragones.
• Spaces of Natural Interest in Aragon.
• The territory like Natural Patrimony in Aragon.

• What is Geology?
• The Agents Geologic: Action of the Water and the Ice.
• The Rocks: Recognition and Classification.
• The Reliefs.
• The Fossils.
• Bibliography.
• Dictionary
• Classification of the eras or Geologic times.
• Other directions on Geology in Internet.

Points of Geologic interest in Aragon.

Teruel

1. Poljes Torrijas - Abejuela
2. Dolinas de Villar of the Cobo
3. Stone peat bogs and rivers of Mountain range of the Tremedal
4. Iron mines of Black Eyes
5. Organos de Montoro and tube of river Pitarque
6. Alluvial fan of Palomera Mountain range
7. Val de Ariño
8. Salty of Alcañiz
9. Paleocanales exhumados of Alcañiz
10. The Parrisal (Ports of Beceite)
11. Crystal grottos
12. Poljes de Mosqueruela
    

    Zaragoza

13. Lagoon of Gallocanta (Zaragoza - Teruel)
14. Piedra monastery
15. Steppes of Belchite
16. Galachos de Juslibol and the Alfranca
17. Natural park of the Meadow of Moncayo
18. Bardenas Eastern
19. Meanders of Sastago
20. Bath of Alhama de Aragon
21. Mountain range of Alcubierre and Monegros (Zaragoza - Huesca)
22. Operations of Eddy Salt (Zaragoza)
    

    Huesca

23. Baths of Panticosa
24. Mallos de Riglos and Mountain range of Loarre
25. San Juan of the Peña and grottos of Villanúa
26. National park of Ordesa and Monte Perdido
27. Circus of the Larri and glacier Perdido Mount
28. Valley of Lizara
29. Forau de Aigualluts and glaciers of Aneto - Maladeta
30. Mountain range of Guara

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Dinosaurs in Aragon.

• Introduction to the Dinosaurios.
• That they are the Dinosaurios.?
• The Origin of the Dinosaurios.
• Classification of the Dinosaurios.
• Dinosaurios Saurisquios.
• Dinosaurios Ornistiquios.
•     Hadrosaurios.
• Dinosaurio Euparkeria.
• Dinosaurs in Arén. Huesca.
• Dinosaurs in Galve. Teruel.
• Dinosaurs in Peñarroya de Tastavins. Teruel.
• Huellas de Dinosaurios en Ababuj. Teruel.
• Dinopolis: Teruel Capital of Dinosaurs.



Also Aragon enjoys a diverse and varied Nature where passing by plants, animals, Geology, or landscapes we can arrive at a fantastic bestiary that lives in its monuments.

The information will not be complete without a stroll by its three provinces, with shutdown in some of its spectacular landscapes like Ordesa, the Moncayo, Monegros or by opposition the Ebro.

Also you can dedicarte to the intangible ones: from the legend compilation that also does to universal Aragon.