{"id":21468,"date":"2026-05-06T15:53:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T15:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stesa.com\/mapas\/?post_type=ficha&#038;p=21468"},"modified":"2026-05-06T15:53:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T15:53:32","slug":"mapa-geologico-de-uruguay","status":"publish","type":"ficha","link":"https:\/\/stesa.com\/mapas\/doc\/mapa-geologico-de-uruguay\/","title":{"rendered":"Mapa geol\u00f3gico de Uruguay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><label style=\"font-size: 15px;\">Mapa geol\u00f3gico de Uruguay <a href=\"https:\/\/stesa.com\/mapas\/wp-content\/uploads\/21468\/Mapa-geologico-de-Uruguay-2024.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(formato PDF)<\/a>.<\/label><\/p>\n<p><strong>Geolog\u00eda de Uruguay<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>La geolog\u00eda de Uruguay se caracteriza por la presencia de rocas muy antiguas que forman parte del llamado escudo cristalino sudamericano. El territorio uruguayo posee una base geol\u00f3gica estable, con predominio de rocas \u00edgneas y metam\u00f3rficas formadas hace cientos o miles de millones de a\u00f1os.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21472\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21472\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stesa.com\/mapas\/wp-content\/uploads\/21468\/Leyenda-del-mapa-geologico-de-Uruguay-2024.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-21472\" title=\"Leyenda del mapa geol\u00f3gico de Uruguay.\" src=\"https:\/\/stesa.com\/mapas\/wp-content\/uploads\/21468\/Leyenda-del-mapa-geologico-de-Uruguay-2024-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Leyenda del mapa geol\u00f3gico de Uruguay.\" width=\"360\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stesa.com\/mapas\/wp-content\/uploads\/21468\/Leyenda-del-mapa-geologico-de-Uruguay-2024-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/stesa.com\/mapas\/wp-content\/uploads\/21468\/Leyenda-del-mapa-geologico-de-Uruguay-2024-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stesa.com\/mapas\/wp-content\/uploads\/21468\/Leyenda-del-mapa-geologico-de-Uruguay-2024-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/stesa.com\/mapas\/wp-content\/uploads\/21468\/Leyenda-del-mapa-geologico-de-Uruguay-2024-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/stesa.com\/mapas\/wp-content\/uploads\/21468\/Leyenda-del-mapa-geologico-de-Uruguay-2024-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stesa.com\/mapas\/wp-content\/uploads\/21468\/Leyenda-del-mapa-geologico-de-Uruguay-2024-1200x1600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21472\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><label style=\"font-size: 15px;\">Leyenda del mapa geol\u00f3gico de Uruguay <a href=\"https:\/\/stesa.com\/mapas\/wp-content\/uploads\/21468\/Leyenda-del-mapa-geologico-de-Uruguay-2024.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(formato PDF)<\/a>.<\/label><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Caracter\u00edsticas generales<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gran parte del pa\u00eds est\u00e1 asentada sobre el Escudo Brasile\u00f1o, una de las estructuras geol\u00f3gicas m\u00e1s antiguas de Am\u00e9rica del Sur.<\/li>\n<li>Predominan terrenos de baja altitud y relieve suavemente ondulado.<\/li>\n<li>Las rocas m\u00e1s antiguas datan del Prec\u00e1mbrico, con edades superiores a 2 000 millones de a\u00f1os.<\/li>\n<li>Tambi\u00e9n existen cuencas sedimentarias m\u00e1s recientes y extensas \u00e1reas cubiertas por basaltos.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Principales unidades geol\u00f3gicas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Escudo cristalino<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ocupa buena parte del sur y centro del pa\u00eds. Est\u00e1 compuesto por:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>granitos,<\/li>\n<li>gneises,<\/li>\n<li>migmatitas,<\/li>\n<li>esquistos.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Estas rocas son muy antiguas y resistentes a la erosi\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p>Las \u00e1reas m\u00e1s representativas se encuentran en departamentos como:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lavalleja<\/li>\n<li>Florida<\/li>\n<li>Treinta y Tres<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21475\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21475\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stesa.com\/mapas\/wp-content\/uploads\/21468\/Mapa-geologico-economico-del-Uruguay.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-21475\" title=\"Mapa geol\u00f3gico econ\u00f3mico del Uruguay.\" src=\"https:\/\/stesa.com\/mapas\/wp-content\/uploads\/21468\/Mapa-geologico-economico-del-Uruguay-262x300.jpg\" alt=\"Mapa geol\u00f3gico econ\u00f3mico del Uruguay.\" width=\"360\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stesa.com\/mapas\/wp-content\/uploads\/21468\/Mapa-geologico-economico-del-Uruguay-262x300.jpg 262w, https:\/\/stesa.com\/mapas\/wp-content\/uploads\/21468\/Mapa-geologico-economico-del-Uruguay-893x1024.jpg 893w, https:\/\/stesa.com\/mapas\/wp-content\/uploads\/21468\/Mapa-geologico-economico-del-Uruguay-768x881.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stesa.com\/mapas\/wp-content\/uploads\/21468\/Mapa-geologico-economico-del-Uruguay-1339x1536.jpg 1339w, https:\/\/stesa.com\/mapas\/wp-content\/uploads\/21468\/Mapa-geologico-economico-del-Uruguay-1786x2048.jpg 1786w, https:\/\/stesa.com\/mapas\/wp-content\/uploads\/21468\/Mapa-geologico-economico-del-Uruguay-300x344.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stesa.com\/mapas\/wp-content\/uploads\/21468\/Mapa-geologico-economico-del-Uruguay-1395x1600.jpg 1395w, https:\/\/stesa.com\/mapas\/wp-content\/uploads\/21468\/Mapa-geologico-economico-del-Uruguay.jpg 1993w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21475\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><label style=\"font-size: 15px;\">Mapa geol\u00f3gico econ\u00f3mico del Uruguay.<\/label><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Cuenca sedimentaria del norte y oeste<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>En el norte y litoral oeste aparecen rocas sedimentarias m\u00e1s recientes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>areniscas,<\/li>\n<li>limos,<\/li>\n<li>arcillas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Estas formaciones est\u00e1n relacionadas con antiguos ambientes marinos y fluviales.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Provincia bas\u00e1ltica<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>El noroeste del pa\u00eds posee extensos derrames de lava bas\u00e1ltica originados durante el per\u00edodo Jur\u00e1sico-Cret\u00e1cico.<\/p>\n<p>Estas coladas forman parte de la gran provincia volc\u00e1nica del Paran\u00e1, compartida con:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Brasil<\/li>\n<li>Argentina<\/li>\n<li>Paraguay<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Son comunes en departamentos como:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Artigas<\/li>\n<li>Salto<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Relieve asociado<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>La geolog\u00eda influye directamente en el relieve uruguayo:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>En zonas cristalinas aparecen sierras y cuchillas.<\/li>\n<li>En \u00e1reas sedimentarias predominan llanuras suaves.<\/li>\n<li>Los basaltos generan mesetas y terrenos f\u00e9rtiles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Entre las elevaciones m\u00e1s conocidas destacan:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cerro Catedral, punto m\u00e1s alto del pa\u00eds.<\/li>\n<li>Cuchilla Grande.<\/li>\n<li>Cuchilla de Haedo.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Recursos minerales<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Uruguay posee diversos recursos geol\u00f3gicos y mineros:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00e1gatas y amatistas en Artigas,<\/li>\n<li>calizas,<\/li>\n<li>granito,<\/li>\n<li>m\u00e1rmol,<\/li>\n<li>oro en algunas zonas del norte,<\/li>\n<li>hierro y otros minerales met\u00e1licos en menor escala.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Importancia econ\u00f3mica y ambiental<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>La geolog\u00eda uruguaya influye en:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>la fertilidad de los suelos,<\/li>\n<li>la disponibilidad de aguas subterr\u00e1neas,<\/li>\n<li>la producci\u00f3n agropecuaria,<\/li>\n<li>la miner\u00eda no met\u00e1lica,<\/li>\n<li>el paisaje natural y tur\u00edstico.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Adem\u00e1s, la estabilidad tect\u00f3nica del territorio hace que los terremotos sean muy raros y generalmente de baja intensidad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La geolog\u00eda de Uruguay se caracteriza por la presencia de rocas muy antiguas que forman parte del llamado escudo cristalino sudamericano. 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