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El Elefantito

Manzanares el Real, Cuenca Alta del Manzanares, Madrid

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El Elefantito

Nature · Manzanares el Real, Cuenca Alta del Manzanares, Madrid

Image of Manzanares el Real, not of the place itself.

A crag of 1,420 metres whose outline, sculpted by the spheroidal weathering typical of granite, recalls an elephant. It is one of the most frequently cited examples of the animal shapes that weathering has carved into the La Pedriza batholith.

Photo: Héctor Esteban Menéndez (CC BY 2.0)

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