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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

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Back Cover

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.

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

 

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