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In Castañar de Ibor, a town placed in the province of Cáceres, it is located a karst cave whose scientific value and striking beauty is one of the most important of Spain.
The cave is composed of Precambrian carved stones, the result is a fascinating inner adorment.
The unique wide variety of exuberant speleothems is on its galleries ceiling and walls.
The aragonite and calcite are, sometimes, dyed by iron and manganese oxides, this provides the stone a special touch where free shapes and colours appear before our eyes.
The Region of Los Ibores-Las Villuercas is placed at the South-East of Cáceres province. In a mountainous landscape stand out quartzite crests separated by deep valleys; this sort of relief is known as appalachian relief , because of the common features with the Appalachians Mounts.
The mountainous relief help Tagus and Guadiana rivers to form rivers, streams, waterfalls, ...
Regarding Extremadura's climate the Viluercas-Ibores is a quite rainy climate. This helps the growth of chestnut trees, oaks, cork oaks, etc.
The bushes (dwarf oaks, rockroses, strawberry trees, ...) intermingle with crops and the alders, ashes, and willows that grow up on the banks.
Due to the water a great amount of birds and animals live nearby the ponds, rivers and streams. Among all the species the black stork stands out.
It is quite common to find hunting species such as roe deers, rabbits, partridges, or deers. Besides in the wet shady places a peculiar laurel tree grow up.
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