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| Hierve el Agua | |
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 The large "waterfall" at Hierve el Agua | |
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| Location | San Lorenzo Albarradas, Oaxaca, Mexico |
| Coordinates | 16°51′56″N 96°16′34″W / 16.865519°N 96.276004°W |
  Location in Mexico | |
Hierve el Aqua (Spanish for "the water boils") is a set of natural travertine rock formations in San Lorenzo Albarradas, Oaxaca, Mexico that resemble cascades of water.[1][2] The site is located about 70 km east of Oaxaca City,[3] and consists of two rock shelves or cliffs which rise between fifty and ninety metres from the valley below, from which extend nearly white rock formations which look like waterfalls. These formations are created by fresh water springs, whose water is over-saturated with calcium carbonate and other minerals. As the water trickles over the cliffs, the excess minerals are deposited, much in the same manner that stalactites are formed in caves.[1] One of the cliffs, called the "cascada chica" (small waterfall) or the Amphitheatre, contains two large artificial pools for swimming as well as a number of small natural pools.[4][5] One of the artificial pools is very near the edge of the cliff.[3]
- ^ a b Hewitt, William P.; Winter, Marcus C.; Peterson, David A. (1987). "Salt Production at Hierve El Agua, Oaxaca". American Antiquity. 52 (4): 799–816. doi:10.2307/281388. JSTOR 281388.
- ^ "Hierve el Agua" (in Spanish). Mexico City: Instituto de Geologia UNAM. Retrieved April 16, 2010.
- ^ a b Quintanar Hinojosa, Beatriz (August 2007). "Hierve el Agua". Guía México Desconocido: Oaxaca. 137: 23.
- ^ Puga, Carlos (November 15, 1998). "Hierve el Agua: Cascadas calcareas, sueno o realidad" [Hierve el Agua: Calcified waterfalls, dream or reality]. Reforma (in Spanish). Mexico City. p. 4.
- ^ "Hierve el Agua: Las cascadas de roca oaxaqueñas" [Hierve el Agua: The waterfalls of rock of Oaxaca]. Milenio (in Spanish). Mexico City. December 20, 2009. Retrieved April 16, 2010.