RELIEFS OF SPAIN: PLATEAUS AND MOUNTAINS

PLATEAU/TABLELAND

A large flat area of land that is high above sea level.

INTERIOR RELIEFS 

The landscapes of the interior are areas far from the sea.

• Montes de Toledo: They are a mountain range of the Iberian Peninsula, formed by several mountain ranges, that separate the basin of the Tagus from that of the Guadiana.

THE PERIFERIAL RELIEFS

It is all the peninsular relief is available peripherally around the plateau.

• Montes de León: They are a Spanish mountainous group, located in the west of the provinces of León and Zamora. Its highest peak is Mount Teleno.
• Cantabrian mountain range: It is a mountain range located in the north of the Iberian Peninsula that runs parallel to the Cantabrian Sea.
• Iberian System: It is a mountain range of mountains of average altitude located in the interior of the Iberian Peninsula, in Spain.
• Sierra Morena: It is a mountain range of southern Spain, which separates the Central Plateau from the Bética Depression.

THE EXTERNAL RELIEFS OF THE NORTH

• Galician massif: It is a system of Spanish mountains and mountains located in the extreme northwest of the Iberian Peninsula. It is an old mountainous massif whose limits are confused with the Cantabrian mountain range and the Montes de León.
• Montes Vascos :It is the denomination of a mountain range located in the northern end of the Iberian Peninsula.
• Pyrenees: It is a mountain range located to the north of the Iberian Peninsula, which acts as the natural border between Spain and France.
• Mediterranean System: They are a dual system of mountainous alignments parallel to the coast, the Pre-coastal Mountain Range and the Litoral Mountain Range.

THE EXTERNAL RELIEFS OF THE SOUTH

• The Betic System: It is a geographical depression in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula, coinciding with the basin of the Guadalquivir River.

THE DEPRESSIONS

• The depression of Ebro: It is a large geographic region of the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula identified by the Ebro river basin.
• Depression of Guadalquivir: It is a geographical depression in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula, coinciding with the basin of the Guadalquivir River

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