Prebaetic System
{{Short description|System of mountain ranges in the southern Iberian Peninsula}}
{{Infobox mountain range
| name=Prebaetic System
| other_name=Sistema Prebético
| photo=La Sagra.jpg
| photo_caption= La Sagra seen from Sierra Seca
| country= Spain
| subdivision1_type = Regions
| subdivision1= Andalusia, Region of Murcia, Castile-La Mancha, Valencian Community
| parent= Baetic System
| highest=La Sagra
| elevation_m=2382
| range_coordinates= {{coord|37|57|N|2|34|W|type:mountain_region:ES|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates=
| geology= {{enum|Schist|granite|slate}}
| age= Cenozoic
| orogeny=Alpine orogeny
| area_km2= |
| length_km= 360
| length_orientation=ENE/WSW
| width_km=100
| width_orientation=NNW/SSE
| map=Spain
| map_caption= Location in Spain
}}
File:JDCANO AGUILON DEL LOCO.jpg, one of the highest peaks in Sierra de Cazorla]]
The Prebaetic System ({{langx|es|Sistemas Prebéticos}} or Sistema Prebético, also often referred to simply as Prebético[http://www.chsegura.es/chs/cuenca/infraestructuras/embalses/embalsedelTaibilla/marcoterritorial.html Embalse del Taibilla]) is a system of mountain ranges that forms the northeasternmost prolongation of the Baetic System in the southern Iberian Peninsula.
Geography
Although it is sometimes referred to as Cordillera Prebética, it is not a proper cordillera, or continuous alignment of ranges, but a broken system of mountain ranges.
Unlike the other two subsystems of the Baetic System, it is not present in the western area, but begins west of the eastern edge of the Sierra Sur de Jaén near Martos.
The Prebaetic System runs along eastern interior Andalusia, across the Region of Murcia, reaching the Mediterranean Sea shores in the southern Valencian Community.Edited by W Gibbons & T Moreno, Geology of Spain, 2002, {{ISBN|978-1-86239-110-9}}
Its highest point is La Sagra, Sierra de la Sagra; other high ranges are Sierra de Segura and Sierra de Cazorla.
The Sierra de María in northern Almeria Province runs across the Prebaetic and the Penibaetic System, overlapping with both.
Geology
Geologically the Prebaetic System shares similar characteristics to its parent system, the Subbaetic System and it is considered its eastern offshoot. The materials that compose it were formed in a relatively shallow sea.[http://aguas.igme.es/igme/publica/libro103/pdf/lib103/capiII_04.pdf Morfología kárstica del sector oriental del Prebético andaluz]
The Iberian System rises north of the eastern part of the Prebaetic System.
Main mountain ranges
Some of the mountain ranges that make up the Prebaetic complex are, from west to east:
- Sierra Sur de Jaén, overlapping with the Sistema Subbético
- Sierra Mágina
- Sierra de la Sagra
- Sierra de Cazorla
- Sierra de Segura
- Sierra de Alcaraz
- Sierra de Castril
- Sierra de Cabrilla
- Sierra Seca
- Sierra del Taibilla
- Sierra de María, overlapping with the Sistema Penibético.
- Serra de Crevillent
- Sierra de Orihuela
- Sierra de Callosa
- Serra Mariola
- Serra del Ferrer
- La Carrasqueta
- Puig Campana
- Aitana
- Maigmó Massif
- Serrella
- Serra de la Xortà
- Serra de la Penya-roja
- Montgó Massif
- Sierra de Bernia
- Penyal d'Ifac
See also
References
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External links
- [http://aguas.igme.es/igme/publica/libro20/pdf/lib20/c_guadal_1.pdf Cuenca del Guadalquivir]
- [http://www.upo.es/export/portal/com/bin/portal/upo/profesores/jclincal/profesor/1266844111484_ddi_636x1x.pdf Past and present potential distribution of the Iberian Abies species: a phytogeographic approach using fossil pollen data and species distribution models]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110719111126/http://www.geologie.uni-stuttgart.de/abstracts/deuschetal.html Michael Deusch, Axel Friebe & Manfred Krautter (1991): The Spongiolithic Facies in the Middle and Upper Jurassic of Spain - Abstract]
Category:Mountain ranges of Andalusia