Uruguay Ravine

Quebrada de los Cuervos

49 m of rock, cut by the Arroyo Sauce de Olimar.

The cut

49 metres, to scale.

A slice through Quebrada de los Cuervos where it is deepest and narrowest, measured on the Copernicus relief model every 30 m. Same scale as the landmark standing on the floor.

Standing on the floor, to scale: a person · 1.8 m · a two-storey house · 9.0 m

Depth is measured to the lower rim; the width is from rim to rim. A 30 m relief model smooths the narrowest walls, so a slot canyon reads shallower than it is. On one side the ground was still rising 12 km out: the true rim is further away and the canyon deeper.

49m

Depth

measured on the 30 m relief model

12.7km

Rim to rim

measured on the 30 m relief model

5°

Steepest wall

average over 300 m, from the relief

34m

Floor altitude

Rim to floor

Afternoons, up top and down below.

In January the afternoon reaches 29 °C. The best months to hike are from April to May and from August to October.

rim · 113 mfloor · 34 m

29°29°Jan
28°28°Feb
26°26°Mar
23°22°Apr
19°18°May
16°16°Jun
16°15°Jul
18°17°Aug
20°19°Sep
23°22°Oct
25°25°Nov
28°27°Dec

Hike: Apr–May, Aug–Oct

Afternoon highs, 1991–2020 averages (NASA POWER) brought to the altitude of the rim and of the floor with the standard lapse rate (6.5 °C per 1 000 m). Shade, wind and rock change this on the day. Not a forecast.

Landform in Uruguay, protected area

Quebrada de los Cuervos is a ravine in Uruguay, cut by the Arroyo Sauce de Olimar. The relief model measures 49 m from the floor to the lower rim, and 79 m to the higher one. Rim to rim it is 13 km wide where the cut was taken.

Getting there.

Treinta y Tresnearest town · 9.3 km in a straight line
Capitan Corbeta CA Curbelo International Airport (PDP)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 197 km in a straight lineCar hire at PDP airport (Punta del Este)Discover Cars · sponsored link
From April to May and from August to Octoberbest months to hike (estimate)

Plan the visit

Guided hikes, a bed nearby, a car.

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From the sky.

The canyon from above, with the relief shaded, the line of the cut, the river and what people have mapped around it.

Quebrada de los Cuervos seen from above (Sentinel-2)

N 6 km

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 24 × 24 km, north up. The line is the cut above. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around the canyon.

3hotels and guesthouses within 8 kmHotel 33

viewpoints within 5 km
marked hiking routes within 4 km
via ferrata routes within 4 km
climbing crags within 3 km
footbridges and suspension bridges within 3 km
rafting, canoe, kayak or canyoning spots within 4 km
swimming spots within 3 km
named waterfalls within 4 km
caves within 3 km
car parks within 3 km
information boards and visitor centres within 4 km
bus stops within 2 km
campsites within 8 km
restaurants and cafés within 4 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, around the floor of the canyon. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Towns nearby

Treinta y Tres9.3 km in a straight line
Villa Sara10 km in a straight line

In our other atlases

What else is around Quebrada de los Cuervos.

The river that carved it, the waterfalls inside it, the mountains on the rim, the lakes, beaches and island nearby — from our six sister atlases, each with its own figures.

Riveryas2 rivers in the canyon

Olimar Grande River211 kmYerbal Grande Stream88 km

Peakyas3 mountains within 15 km

Cerro de la Estancia · 12 kmCerro del Avestruz · 13 kmCerro Tía Joaquina · 13 km

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, NOAA, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

Month by month

The weather, at the floor and at the rim.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Afternoon · floor	29	28	26	23	19	16	16	18	20	23	25	28
Afternoon · rim	29	28	26	22	18	16	15	17	19	22	25	27
Night · rim	16	16	14	11	8	6	5	6	7	10	12	14
Rain (mm)	106	131	100	123	124	107	94	126	130	132	87	108
Rainy days	10	10	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	10	8	10
Sun hours/day	9.5	8.3	7.8	6.8	5.4	4.8	5.1	5.5	6.1	7.3	9.2	9.7

	Afternoon · floor	Afternoon · rim	Night · rim	Rain (mm)	Sun hours/day
Jan	29	29	16	106	9.5
Feb	28	28	16	131	8.3
Mar	26	26	14	100	7.8
Apr	23	22	11	123	6.8
May	19	18	8	124	5.4
Jun	16	16	6	107	4.8
Jul	16	15	5	94	5.1
Aug	18	17	6	126	5.5
Sep	20	19	7	130	6.1
Oct	23	22	10	132	7.3
Nov	25	25	12	87	9.2
Dec	28	27	14	108	9.7

Averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, brought to the floor (34 m) and the rim (113 m) with the standard lapse rate. Not a forecast.

Photographs

Seen from the trail.

Abajo en la Quebrada — Carol.TM · CC BY-SA 3.0

Arroyo Yerbal, Quebrada de los Cuervos, Treinta y Tres — Chiai di Luna · CC BY-SA 3.0

ArroyoQuebrada — Pablofor · CC BY-SA 3.0

Recent years

Wet years, dry years.

Rain of each month as a share of the 1991–2020 average. A dry year means a lower river and hotter rock; a wet one, more water in the gorge.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2020	69%	54%	40%	64%	79%	155%	50%	43%	112%	41%	25%	44%
2021	176%	171%	102%	98%	38%	115%	75%	48%	167%	28%	56%	17%
2022	133%	76%	129%	87%	50%	63%	254%	70%	33%	26%	9%	2%
2023	6%	12%	20%	1%	9%	10%	11%	16%	69%	26%	119%	78%
2024	25%	38%	145%	90%	202%	84%	8%	70%	106%	48%	68%	112%
2025	67%	49%	64%	65%	58%	54%	66%	50%	48%	30%	34%	65%

130% or more: wet month 70% or less: dry month

Where these figures come from

Name, type, published depth and length	Wikidata (Q6094310) · CC0
The cut: depth, width, wall and 3D model	Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Climate	NASA POWER, 1991–2020
Viewpoints, trails, bridges and the river line	© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Images	EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Rivers, waterfalls, mountains, lakes, beaches and islands nearby	Coastya, Lakeyas, Peakyas, Cascadyas, Islandyas, Riveryas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

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	Afternoon · floor	Afternoon · rim	Night · rim	Rain (mm)	Sun hours/day
Jan	29	29	16	106	9.5
Feb	28	28	16	131	8.3
Mar	26	26	14	100	7.8
Apr	23	22	11	123	6.8
May	19	18	8	124	5.4
Jun	16	16	6	107	4.8
Jul	16	15	5	94	5.1
Aug	18	17	6	126	5.5
Sep	20	19	7	130	6.1
Oct	23	22	10	132	7.3
Nov	25	25	12	87	9.2
Dec	28	27	14	108	9.7

	Afternoon · floor	Afternoon · rim	Night · rim	Rain (mm)	Sun hours/day
Jan	29	29	16	106	9.5
Feb	28	28	16	131	8.3
Mar	26	26	14	100	7.8
Apr	23	22	11	123	6.8
May	19	18	8	124	5.4
Jun	16	16	6	107	4.8
Jul	16	15	5	94	5.1
Aug	18	17	6	126	5.5
Sep	20	19	7	130	6.1
Oct	23	22	10	132	7.3
Nov	25	25	12	87	9.2
Dec	28	27	14	108	9.7

	Afternoon · floor	Afternoon · rim	Night · rim	Rain (mm)	Sun hours/day
Jan	29	29	16	106	9.5
Feb	28	28	16	131	8.3
Mar	26	26	14	100	7.8
Apr	23	22	11	123	6.8
May	19	18	8	124	5.4
Jun	16	16	6	107	4.8
Jul	16	15	5	94	5.1
Aug	18	17	6	126	5.5
Sep	20	19	7	130	6.1
Oct	23	22	10	132	7.3
Nov	25	25	12	87	9.2
Dec	28	27	14	108	9.7