SPANISH RELIEF
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Forms of relief in Spain
The territory of Spain is made up mostly of the
Iberian Peninsula. It also has the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea,
the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean, and the cities of Ceuta and Melilla
in northern Africa.
Relief is set of landforms that are in a territory.
The relief in Spain is varied. Its main landforms are:
- Mountains
are big elevations of land. Many mountains together
are called a mountain range and many mountain ranges together are called
a mountain chain.
- Plains
are large areas of flat land. Plateaus are
areas of flat land that are high above sea level. Valleys and natural
depressions are low, flat areas between mountains. The central part of the
Peninsula is a large plateau.
- Coasts
are areas in contact with the sea.
Relief of
the Plateau
The Central Plateau covers much of the interior of the
Peninsula. It is a high plain, which is between 500 and 800 metres high. There
are two mountain chains inside the Plateau:
- The
Central Chain is a large chain made up of the mountain ranges Gata,
Gredos, Guadarrama and Ayllón. Its tallest point is Almanzor, which is 2,591
metres high. It belongs to the Gredos Mountain Range.
- The
Toledo Mountains is a chain of low mountain ranges, like the Rocigalgo,
San Pedro and Guadalupe. The highest mountain in this chain is Las Villuercas,
which is 1,601 metres high.
The Central Chain divides the Plateau into two sub-plateaus:
- the North Sub-plateau, with lots of flat terrain, like the Duero valley.
- the South Sub-plateau, which has the Toledo Mountains, the Tajo and
Guadiana valleys and the La Mancha and Campo de Calatrava plains.
Mountain chains around the Plateau
The plateau is surrounded by mountain chains:
- The León Mountains are to the north-east of the Plateau. Its
most important peak is the Telero, reaching 2,188 metres high.
- The
Cantabrian Chain to the north is made up of high mountain ranges near
the coast, like the Peaks of Europe, whose highest peak is Torre Cerredo at
2,648 metres.
- The
Iberian Chain separates the Plateau from the Ebro valley. Its major
mountain ranges are the Urbión Peaks and the Albarracín and Moncayo ranges. Its
main peak is Moncayo at 2,313 metres high.
- Morena
Range in the south separates the Plateau from the
Guadalquivir valley, where we can find the Madrona Range with its Bañuela Peak
reaching 1,323 metres.
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