Características hidrogeológicas del sistema acuífero Prieta-Bonela-Alcaparaín (Unidad Hidrogeológica Yunquera-Nieves, provincia de Málaga, Andalucía)

Abstract

The analysis of the natural answers of the principal springs (Río Jorox, Fuente Quebrada and Carratraca) of the Prieta-Bonela-Alcaparaín aquifer system has allowed to determine the hydrogeological characteristics and the different degree of karstification existing in the same one. In the sector of aquifer that is drained by the Río Jorox spring (Sierra Prieta) exists a developed karstic net, across which there is produced a rapid flow of the rainwater. In the sector of aquifer that is drained by the Fuente Quebrada spring (Sierra Bonela), the degree of karstification is less developed. The sector drained by the Carratraca spring (Sierra Alcaparaín) presents a behaviour pattern that is typical of a diffuse flow aquifer