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Andagua volcanic field

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The Andagua volcanic field is a volcanic field in southern Peru made up of cinder cones, lava domes and lava flows that have filled the Andagua Valley. It is part of a larger volcanic province clustered around the Colca River, mostly of Pleistocene age, though the Andagua sector includes cones with historical activity and its most recent eruption about 370 years ago. Eruptions have mostly been effusive, producing lava flows that dammed local watersheds to form the Laguna de Chachas, Laguna Mamacocha and Laguna Pumajallo lakes and buried the course of the Andagua River; the valley segment of the province was declared a geopark in 2015. 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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UNESCO Global Geopark 1
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Erosion, Processes

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Erosion via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

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Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Geomorphology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

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1. Andagua volcanic field (Wikipedia)
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    is a volcanic field in southern Peru which includes a number of cinder cones, lava domes and lava flows which have filled the Andagua Valley (which is also known as Valley of the Volcanoes for this reason).
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    A geopark was created in 2015 and by UNESCO in 2019, some volcanoes of the Andagua volcanic field are considered to be geosites with some spots already protected in some way; the area is of value from the perspectives of both geotourism and science.
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