Los Colorados

Close to Gorafe and within the "Desierto de Gorafe" Geo-Route, Los Colorados is the name the locals give to a landscape where a reddish colour dominates. This tone justifies the name ("red-coloured" in Spanish is "colorado"), the cause of which is found in the ground, comprised of the dismantling of rocks due to the oxidant nature of sediments.

The shapes that appear in this area are escarpments that resemble walls with impregnable bastions, crowned by a projection of whitish colour, which clearly shows the different erosion between lower lime and clay levels and the upper layers of gypsum that protects them. You will also be able to observe an erosive phenomenon native to this climate of scarce but torrential rainfall: to the south, in areas exempt from vegetation, are eroded, walled reliefs, while to the north these forms are absent due to the presence of a protective esparto (Stipa tenacissima) covering.