Subbaetic System
| Subbaetic System | |
|---|---|
| Sistema Subbético | |
 Sierra Mágina seen from La Marceral, Sierra Sur de Jaén | |
| Highest point | |
| Peak | La Sagra |
| Elevation | 2,382 m (7,815 ft) |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 510 km (320 mi) ENE/WSW |
| Width | 60 km (37 mi) NNW/SSE |
| Geography | |
| Country | Spain |
| Parent range | Baetic System |
| Geology | |
| Orogeny | Alpine orogeny |
| Rock age | Cenozoic |
| Rock type | Limestone |
The Subbaetic System (Template:Lang-es or Cordillera Subbética[1]) is the northernmost of the three systems of mountain ranges of the Baetic System in the southern Iberian Peninsula. Its northern limit is the valley of the Guadalquivir and the Iberian Plateau.
Description
The Subbaetic System runs to the west and north of the Cordillera Penibética from Cape Trafalgar in Cádiz Province across Andalusia reaching into the Region of Murcia.[2] The highest peaks reach heights between 1,500m and well over 2,000 m.
Towards the east of the Sierra Sur de Jaén another subsystem begins, the Prebaetic System, an offshoot of the Subbaetic System stretching further northeastwards.[3] The materials that compose this eastern sector were formed in a relatively shallow sea.[4]
Main mountain ranges
Some of the mountain ranges that make up the Subbaetic System are, from west to east:
- Sierra del Aljibe, includes the Alcornocales Natural Park
- Sierra de Grazalema
- Sierra Sur de Sevilla, highest points Terril (1,132 m) and Peñón de Algámitas (1,128 m)
- Subbaetic Ranges of Córdoba
- Sierra de Rute, highest point 1,326 m
- Sierra de la Horconera, highest point Pico Tiñosa (1,570 m), highest point in Córdoba Province, and Pico Bermejo (1,476 m)
- Sierra de los Pollos, close to Carcabuey and Priego de Córdoba
- Sierra de Gaena
- Sierra de Jarcas
- Sierra de los Lanchares, includes interesting formations, like the Lapiaz de los Lanchares
- Sierra del Lobatejo, highest point 1,217 m
- Sierra Alcaide
- Picacho de la Sierra de Cabra, highest point 1,217 m, includes the Ermita de la Virgen de la Sierra
- Sierra de Gibalbín
- Sierra Elvira
- Sierra de Parapanda
- Sierra de Loja
- Sierra Sur de Jaén
- Sierra Harana
- Sierra de Huétor, overlapping with the Sistema Penibético
- Sierra de la Alfaguara
- Sierra Mágina
- Sierra de la Sagra. Both Sierra Mágina and Sierra de la Sagra are overlapping with the Sistema Prebético.
See also
References
- ^ Embalse del Taibilla
- ^ Edited by W Gibbons & T Moreno, Geology of Spain, 2002, ISBN 978-1-86239-110-9
- ^ Las montañas que surgieron del mar: la Sierra Sur de Jaén
- ^ Morfología kárstica del sector oriental del Prebético andaluz
External links
- Morfología karstica del sector central de la Cordillera Subbética
- Granada Natural - Las Zonas Externas
37°43′N 3°28′W / 37.717°N 3.467°W
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