Bardenas Reales

Bardenas Reales
A view of the desert.
Area	420 km2 (160 sq mi)
Naming
Native name	Bárdenas Reales (Spanish)
Geography
Country	Spain
Autonomous Community	Navarre

The Bardenas Reales (sometimes referred as Bárdenas Reales) is a semi-desert natural region, or badlands, of some 42,000 hectares (420 km²; 104,000 acres) in southeast Navarre (Spain). The soils are made up of clay, chalk, and sandstone and have been eroded by water and wind creating surprising shapes, canyons, plateaus, tabular structures, and isolated hills, called cabezos. Bardenas Reales lacks urban areas, vegetation is scarce and the many streams that cross the territory have a markedly seasonal flow, staying dry most of the year.