Subbaetic System
Subbaetic System | |
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Sistema Subbético | |
![]() , the highest peak in the Sierra Arana | |
Highest point | |
Peak | |
Elevation | 2,027 m (6,650 ft) |
Dimensions | |
Length | 510 km (320 mi) ENE/WSW |
Width | 60 km (37 mi) NNW/SSE |
Geography | |
![]() ![]() Location in Spain | |
Location | Andalusia / Murcia |
Country | Spain |
Range coordinates | 37°33′0″N 3°22′0″W / 37.55000°N 3.36667°WCoordinates: 37°33′0″N 3°22′0″W / 37.55000°N 3.36667°W |
Parent range | Baetic System |
Geology | |
Orogeny | Alpine orogeny |
Age of rock | Cenozoic |
Type of rock | Limestone |
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The Subbaetic or Sub-Baetic System (Spanish: Sistema Subbético or Cordillera Subbética[1]) is one of the three systems of mountain ranges of the Baetic System in the southern Iberian Peninsula. Highest point 2,027 m (6,650 ft) high in Sierra Arana. Its northern limit includes the valley of the Guadalquivir in its western part.
Description[]
The Subbaetic System runs to the 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, east of Martos, 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:
- , includes the Alcornocales Natural Park
- Sierra de Grazalema
- , highest points Terril (1,132 m) and Peñón de Algámitas (1,128 m)
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- , highest point 1,326 m
- , highest point Pico Tiñosa (1,570 m), highest point in Córdoba Province, and Pico Bermejo (1,476 m)
- , close to Carcabuey and Priego de Córdoba
- , includes interesting formations, like the Lapiaz de los Lanchares
- , highest point 1,217 m
- , highest point 1,217 m, includes the Ermita de la Virgen de la Sierra
- Sierra Harana
- Sierra de Cogollos
- Sierra de Huétor
- Sierra de la Alfaguara
- Sierra Sur de Jaén, overlapping with the Sistema Prebético.
See also[]
- Prebaetic System
- Baetic Cordillera
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[]
- Baetic System
- Physiographic provinces
- Environment of the Mediterranean
- Mountain ranges of Andalusia
- Mountain ranges of the Region of Murcia