General Bernardino Caballero, Paraguay the following: General Bernardino Caballero, Paraguay General Bernardino Caballero (or simply Caballero) is a town and a district in the Paraguarí Department of Paraguay. It is named after Bernardino Caballero, President of Paraguay from 1881 until 1886. Caballero is located in the north-west region of the Paraguarí department, 101 km from Asunción, the capital of the Paraguay; and about 30 km from the city of Paraguarí. To get there one should take the national route number 1 to Paraguarí, and there take a detour to Gral. Bernardino Caballero. The topography of the district is characterized by hills, streams and swamps.
Geology of Paraguay Geology of Paraguay The country of Paraguay lies geologically at the borderzone between several cratons. Due to thick Cenozoic sediment cover and regolith development few outcrops are available in Paraguay. East of Paraguay River that Precambrian and Early Paleozoic crystalline basement crop out mainly in the heights of Caapucú and Apa. The geological processes that have shaped Paraguay's bedrock and sedimentary basins are diverse including rifting, marine sedimentation, metamorphism, eruption of flood basalts and alkaline potassic volcanism. Caapucú High (formerly called "Precámbrico Sur" and "Saliente del Pilar") is the Northwesternmost outcrop of Río de la Plata Craton. The rocks found