Spain, Catalonia, Cardona: gallery of the “Muntanya de sal”, Salt Mountain. The Salt Mountain is a unique natural phenomenon on the planet that grows

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Spain, Catalonia, Cardona: gallery of the “Muntanya de sal”, Salt Mountain. The Salt Mountain is a unique natural phenomenon on the planet that grows as rain erodes it. Its 120 metres in height are just the tip of a huge diapir (a geological structure consisting of mobile material that was forced into more brittle surrounding rocks) about two kilometres deep. Visits may be made to galleries under the salt mountain to assist an understanding of economic geology and the mining processes.

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Location: Spain, Catalonia
Photo credit: © Betend / Andia / Alamy / Afripics
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