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🌊 Zanclean Flood deposits: The Cañon de Almadenes

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🌊 Zanclean Flood deposits: The Cañon de Almadenes
Geological evidence of a catastrophic Mediterranean megaflood event


🕐 2 min read · Updated 3 Apr 2026 at 01:31
📋 Fast Facts
  • Located near Mazarrón in Murcia, southeastern Spain
  • Canyon walls composed of sandstone, siltstone, and conglomerate deposits
  • Evidence of the Zanclean megaflood, approximately 5.33 million years ago
  • Part of Mediterranean-wide geological formations from the Miocene epoch

The Cañon de Almadenes is a geological site near Mazarrón in the Murcia region of southeastern Spain that ...

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