Flight Praia - Lisboa, view in SE direction to the rugged W coast of Gran Canaria with the Barranco de la Aldea. The volcanic origin of the island cannot be recognized in this scene, as the volcanic activity has ceased a long time ago, and coastal and fluvial erosion have fundamentally reshaped the landscape.

Keywords

aerial view, cliff, cloudscape, coastscape, cultural landscape, extinct volcano, fluvial erosion, fluvial processes, marine processes

Created

Sunday 11 September 2022 by Martin Mergili in Africa and Macaronesia / Canary Islands (338 visits)