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Ischigualasto Provincial Park

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Ischigualasto Provincial Park, also known as Valle de la Luna, is a 60,370 hectare protected area in San Juan Province in northwestern Argentina, established in 1971 and bordering Talampaya National Park across the boundary with La Rioja Province. Its rock records a Late Triassic floodplain, roughly 231 to 226 million years old, laid down by rivers on a volcanically active plain under seasonal rains, and wind and water have since eroded the sedimentary layers into striking shapes such as The Submarine, The Sphinx and The Mushroom that gave the park its Valley of the Moon nickname. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Ischigualasto Provincial Park (Spanish: Parque Provincial Ischigualasto), also called Valle de la Luna ("Valley of the Moon" or "Moon Valley"), due to its moon-like appearance, is a provincial protected area in the north-east of San Juan Province, north-western Argentina, limiting to the north with the Talampaya National Park, in La Rioja Province.
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    Ischigualasto Provincial Park (Spanish: Parque Provincial Ischigualasto), also called Valle de la Luna ("Valley of the Moon" or "Moon Valley"), due to its moon-like appearance, is a provincial protected area in the north-east of San Juan Province, north-western Argentina, limiting to the north with the Talampaya...
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    November 3, 1971
  • In Discipline: Geomorphology, Lead paragraph
    Ischigualasto Provincial Park (Spanish: Parque Provincial Ischigualasto), also called Valle de la Luna ("Valley of the Moon" or "Moon Valley"), due to its moon-like appearance, is a provincial protected area in the north-east of San Juan Province, north-western Argentina, limiting to the north with the Talampaya National Park, in La Rioja Province.
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