Serres de Llevant
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.jpg) The Serres de Llevant from the Puig de Sant Salvador |
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| Highest peak | Puig Morei / sa Talaia Freda ( 561 m ) |
| location | Mallorca ( Spain ) |
| Coordinates | 39 ° 34 ′ N , 3 ° 15 ′ E |
| Type | Low mountain range |
The Serres de Llevant ("Mountains of the East") are a low mountain range in the east of the Spanish Balearic island of Mallorca . It is located in the regions ( Comarques ) Llevant and Migjorn .
The mountain range is formed from the mountains of Artà ( Serra Artana or Massís d'Artà ) in the north, the mountains of Calicant ( Serra de Calicant ), the southern mountains of Manacor / Felanitx as well as individual elevations that represent foothills of the mountains, but today appear spatially separated from these. The mean height of the Mallorcan low mountain range in the east of the island is between 300 and 400 meters. The highest point at 561 meters is the Puig Morei or sa Talaia Freda ("the cold watchtower") in the Artà mountains.
geography
Geographical location
The low mountain range of the Serres de Llevant is a highly fragmented hill country that extends north in the municipality of Artà with the mountains of Artà to the northeast coast of Mallorca at the Cap de Ferrutx . The western boundary is the valley of the Torrent de na Borges , a torrent (torrent) that rises south of the city of Manacor at the 354 meter high Muntanya de sa Vall and flows into the Bay of Alcúdia at Son Serra de Marina . Further south are Felanitx and the town of Cas Concos des Cavaller, which belongs to this municipality, on the western slope of the mountains.
To the east, no clear border of the Serres de Llevant can be seen . The low mountain range merges there into a coastal plain from which several elevations protrude. The highest of these mountains are the 271 meters above sea level Es Telegraf , also Talaia de Son Jaumell , in the municipality of Capdepera , the Puig de Son Jordi with 316 meters and the Puig Negre de sa Torre with 276 meters, both on the municipal boundary between Capdepera and Son Servera , as well as the Puig de sa Font on the municipal boundary between Son Servera and Sant Llorenç des Cardassar with a height of 271 meters. To the south, the Serres de Llevant extend to the “Marina von Santanyí”, a marine abrasion plate that is now above the sea surface due to tectonic uplift and begins around the town of s'Alqueria Blanca in the municipality of Santanyí .
Highest elevations
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geology
The Serres de Llevant , like the Serra de Tramuntana on the north-west coast of Mallorca, are a continuation of the Betic Cordillera , the mountain range between Granada and Murcia on the Spanish mainland. The young fold mountains with ceiling construction mainly consist of Mesozoic limestone and dolomite , as well as partially Miocene sediments such as marl . The higher proportion of marl, a material that erodes faster than limestone, is responsible for the fact that the Serres de Llevant are much lower today than the mountains of the Serra de Tramuntana , which were unfolded at the same time .
Natural space
natural reserve
In 2001, the Parc natural de la península de Llevant ("Natural Park of the Llevant Peninsula") was established in the north of the Serres de Llevant . It almost completely encompassed the Artà mountain range until it was reduced to 6.33% of its originally designated area at the end of 2003. The nature park today includes 1,576 hectares at Cap de Ferrutx , including the highest mountain in the Serres de Llevant , the Puig Morei . In addition to this nature reserve, large parts of the mountains are protected from soil building by the Natural Area Act (ANEI / ARIP).
Individual evidence
- ^ Thomas Schröder: Mallorca , Michael Müller Verlag, page 193, ISBN 3-89953-334-8
- ↑ Thomas Schmitt: Ecological landscape analysis and evaluation in selected units of space in Mallorca as the basis for environmentally friendly tourism development , Franz Steiner Verlag 1999, page 31
- ↑ "A rock that grew out of the sea", interview with the geologist Rosa Mateos in Mallorca Magazin 13/2009, pages 62/63
Web links
- Serres de Llevant ( Memento of October 18, 2008 in the Internet Archive )