Iberian Scheidegebirge
| Iberian Scheidegebirge | |
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 Location of the Iberian Scheidegebirge / Sistema Central |
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 Sierra de Guadarrama |
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| Highest peak | Pico Almanzor ( 2592 msnm ) |
| location | Europe :; Spain , Portugal |
| Coordinates | 41 ° N , 4 ° W |
| Type | Ceiling / fold mountains |
| Age of the rock | Alpidian phase (100–50 mya ) |
| surface | 18,000 km² |
The Iberian Scheidegebirge (also Castilian Scheidegebirge , Central Cordillera and Spanish-Portuguese: Sistema Central or Cordillera Central ) is a mountain system in the center of the Iberian Peninsula . The highest point of the mountain range is the mountain Pico Almanzor with 2592 m height, which is located in the Sierra de Gredos .
geography
The Iberian Scheidegebirge runs in the western part from west to east and in the eastern part from southwest to northeast; it is about 700 kilometers long and extends from Portugal to the Iberian Mountains (Spanish: Sistema Ibérico ). The Iberian Scheidegebirge is divided into the main mountain ranges from east to west:
- Sierra de Guadarrama (2430 m)
- Sierra de Gredos (2592 m)
- Serra da Estrela (1993 m)
The mountain ranges on the Spanish side not only divide the Castilian highlands , but also separate Castile-Leon in the north from Castile-La Mancha and Extremadura in the south. Historically, the mountains were the border between Old Castile in the north and New Castile in the south. At the same time, the catchment areas of the Duero / Douro and Tajo / Tejo rivers ( both spelled in Spanish and Portuguese ) are separated by the Iberian Scheidegebirge .
Mountains
The term 'Iberian Scheidegebirge' (Spanish: Sistema Central ) is a technical term that is not used by the residents of the area; these consider the different mountain ranges rather than the entire mountain range. Viewed from west (Portugal) to east (Spain), the Iberian Scheidegebirge consists of the following individual mountains (Spanish: Sierras ):
- Serra da Lousã in Portugal (Beira Litoral province, highest mountain: Trevim , 1204 m)
- Serra da Gardunha in central Portugal (highest mountain: 1227 m)
- Serra da Estrela , in the center of Portugal, (highest mountain: Estrela , 1991 m)
- Sierra de Gata , in the provinces of Cáceres and Salamanca (highest mountain: Pico Jálama , 1493 m)
- Sierra de Francia (or Sierra de la Peña de Francia), in the south of the province of Salamanca (highest mountain: Pico Hastiala , 1783 m)
- Sierra de Béjar , in the provinces of Cáceres , Ávila and Salamanca (highest mountain: Canchal de la Ceja , 2430 m)
- Sierra de Villafranca , in the province of Ávila (highest mountain: Cerro Moros , 2059 m)
- La Serrota , in the province of Ávila (highest mountain: Cerro del Santo , 2294 m)
- Sierra de la Paramera , in the province of Ávila (highest mountain: Pico Zapatero , 2160 m)
- Sierra de Ávila , in the province of Ávila (highest mountain: Cerro de Gorría , 1727 m)
- Sierra de Gredos , in the provinces of Ávila , Toledo and Cáceres (highest mountain: Pico Almanzor , 2592 m)
- Sierra de Malagón , in the provinces of Ávila , Madrid and Segovia (highest mountain: Cueva Valiente , 1903 m)
- Sierra de Guadarrama , in the provinces of Ávila , Madrid and Segovia (highest mountain: Peñalara , 2430 m)
- Somosierra , in the provinces of Madrid , Segovia and Guadalajara (highest mountain: Pico del Lobo , 2129 m)
- Sierra de Ayllón , in the provinces of Segovia , Soria and Guadalajara (highest mountain: Pico de la Buitrera , 2046 m)
