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The Nazca Lines are a group of very large trenches in the Nazca Desert, in southern Peru. They were created between 500 BCE and 500 CEThese geoglyphs are 10 to 15 cm deep, and between 0.4 and 1.1 km wide. Their combined length is over 1,300 km , and cover an area of about 50 sq km . They were made by scraping off the top layer of reddish-brown iron oxide-coated pebbles to reveal a yellow-grey subsoil.Some of the Nazca lines form shapes that are best seen from the air , though they are visible from the surrounding foothills and other high places.. The shapes are usually made from one continuous line. The largest ones are about 370 m long.' The figures vary in complexity. Hundreds are simple lines and geometric shapes; more than 70 are zoomorphic designs of animals such as a hummingbird, spider, fish, llama, jaguar, monkey, lizard, dog and a human. Other shapes include trees and flowers. Scholars differ in interpreting the purpose of the designs, but in general, they ascribe religious significance to them.Because of its isolation and the dry, windless, stable climate of the plateau, the lines have mostly been preserved naturally. Extremely rare changes in weather may temporarily alter the general designs. As of 2012, the lines are said to have been deteriorating because of an influx of squatters inhabiting the lands.
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