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Barranco de La Palma, West Coast of Gran Canaria
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Barranco de La Palma on Gran Canaria
Although the name of Barranco de La Palma indicates another one of the Canary Islands (La Palma), it is located at the west coast of Gran Canaria. Sure, if the island of Tenerife wasn’t in the way, Barranco de La Palma would be facing the island of La Palma directly (but still Gran Canaria and La Palma are about 200 km apart).
Barrancos on Gran Canaria
A barranco (el barranco in Spanish) is a river, or more precisely a riverbed which is dry most of the time, but has caused massive erosion. The closest English word is probably a ravine. You will find a lot of barrancos on Gran Canaria, but you would have trouble trying to find two identical or similar looking barrancos. The character of barrancos is most strikingly different when you compare those at the east or south coast of Gran Canaria with barrancos in the west or north.
The climate and vegetation in barrancos
As virtually all the landscape and nature on Gran Canaria, this difference is caused by the different climate: the north and west of Gran Canaria get much more clouds and rain, and therefore the barrancos receive water more often and there is actually some vegetation in them (and the vegetation is quite diverse, as you can see in Barranco de La Palma), unlike the barrancos in the south, which are often just rocks.
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Topics: Gran Canaria, Barranco de La Palma, Canary Islands Pictures, Gran Canaria barrancos, Gran Canaria climate, Gran Canaria west coast
