Under the Desert: The Mysterious Waters of Cuatro Ciénegas Edited by Giovanni Badino, et al. Associazione Culturale Esplorazioni Geografiche La Venta 2004 8.25 by 12 inches, 288 pages, hardbound, plus CD and location map in pockets

Cuatro Ciénegas is a gypsum karst area in Coahuila with numerous spring pools. There are caves in the surrounding desert mountains. This large-format book, heavily illustrated with color photographs, describes the Italian group's biological, geological, and speleological studies in the area. The multimedia CD contains 57 cave maps. The folded map contains lists of caves and pools and their location coordinates.

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Table of Contents
12	The Cuatro Ciénegas Project
28	Physical Environment and Territory
76	The Pools and the Valley
160	Mountains and Canyons
186	Caves and Mines
266	The Mystery of the Desert Waters