In order to achieving sustainable development in an area con-sisting of a mosaic of varied geosites, geomorphosites and landscapes of great scientific, educational and scenic value, but still little known at the international level, we propose a touristic itinerary, which is of great attraction and easy access, to discover natural sites with an important significance geological, geomorphologic and ecological, and which are suitable to knowledge and study from a environmental, cultural and socio-economic perspective. The itinerary (Fig.1) winds through the Central Plateau of the Middle Atlas (El Hajeb, Ifrane, Azrou, Ain Leuh, Kénifra) and the Massif Central (Oulmès, Tarmilate, El-Archa), touching landscapes, geological sites and geomorphosites of great importance for the study of the geological and natural heritage, and at the same time of great scenic effect: the wide limestone plateaux (causses) vegetated by forests of oaks and cedars, the volcanic landscape of the Plateau d'Azrou, the karst spring and the waterfalls de l'Oum-er-Rbia, the karst depression of Aguelmame Azigza, the fossiliferous Permian basin of Kénifra, the granite massif of Ment and the permo-triassic landscape of Oulmès, modelled by Plio-quaternary erosion, the thermo-mineral source of Lalla Haya which flows at the bottom of the valley Oued Aguennour with interesting phenomena of plio-quaternary volcanism.
Nell'ottica di perseguire uno sviluppo sostenibile in un territorio costituito da un variegato mosaico di geositi, geomorfositi e di paesaggi di grande interesse scientifico, didattico e scenografico, ma ancora poco conosciuti a livello internazionale, si propone un itinerario geoturistico, fortemente attrattivo e di facile accesso, alla scoperta di siti che ben si prestano alla conoscenza e all'approfondimento in un'ottica ambientale, culturale e socio-economica. Il percorso si snoda attraverso il Plateau centrale del Medio Atlante (El Hajeb, Ifrane, Azrou, Ain Leuh, Kénifra) e il Massiccio Centrale del Marocco (Oulmes, Tarmilate, El-Archa), toccando pa-esaggi, geositi e geomorfositi di grande importanza per lo studio del patrimonio geologico e naturalistico, e nello stesso tempo di grande effetto scenico: le immense distese dei tavolati calcarei (causses) vegetati da foreste di querce e di cedri, il paesaggio vulcanico del Plateau d'Azrou, la sorgente carsica e le cascate de l'Oum-er-Rbia, la depressione carsica dell'Aguelmame Azigza, il bacino permiano fossilifero di Kénifra, il massiccio granitico di Ment e il penepiano permo-triassico d'Oulmes modellato dall'erosione plio-quaternaria, con la sorgente termominerale Lalla Haya che sgorga in fondo della valle dell'Oued Aguennour e con interessanti fenomeni di vulcanismo Plio-quaternario.
Proposta di un itinerario geoturistico attraverso il Medio Atlante e il Massiccio Centrale del Marocco
2014
Abstract
In order to achieving sustainable development in an area con-sisting of a mosaic of varied geosites, geomorphosites and landscapes of great scientific, educational and scenic value, but still little known at the international level, we propose a touristic itinerary, which is of great attraction and easy access, to discover natural sites with an important significance geological, geomorphologic and ecological, and which are suitable to knowledge and study from a environmental, cultural and socio-economic perspective. The itinerary (Fig.1) winds through the Central Plateau of the Middle Atlas (El Hajeb, Ifrane, Azrou, Ain Leuh, Kénifra) and the Massif Central (Oulmès, Tarmilate, El-Archa), touching landscapes, geological sites and geomorphosites of great importance for the study of the geological and natural heritage, and at the same time of great scenic effect: the wide limestone plateaux (causses) vegetated by forests of oaks and cedars, the volcanic landscape of the Plateau d'Azrou, the karst spring and the waterfalls de l'Oum-er-Rbia, the karst depression of Aguelmame Azigza, the fossiliferous Permian basin of Kénifra, the granite massif of Ment and the permo-triassic landscape of Oulmès, modelled by Plio-quaternary erosion, the thermo-mineral source of Lalla Haya which flows at the bottom of the valley Oued Aguennour with interesting phenomena of plio-quaternary volcanism.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.


