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The Relief of Mainland Spain

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  • What are the names of Sistemas Béticos two mountain ranges?
    Cordillera Penibética and Cordillera Subbética
  • Which mountain range separates the Tajo and Guadiana river basins?
    The Montes de Toledo
  • Which river basin is in the southwest?
    Depresión del Guadalquivir
  • Does the Montes de Toledo have a low or high altitude?
    Low altitude
  • The relief of Spain is organized around the...
    Meseta Central
  • Which mountains are very high and form the border between Spain, France, and Andorra?
    Pirineos
  • Which river basin is in the northeast?
    Depresión del Ebro
  • Which mountains consists of two chains that run parallel to the Mediterranean coast?
    Sistema Costero-Catalán
  • What mountain range divides the Meseta Central into the Submesetas Norte and Sur?
    The Sistema Central
  • What is the average altitude of the Meseta Central?
    600 meters
  • What are the characteristics of the Picos de Europa?
    High and rugged peaks
  • Which mountain range separates Galicia from the Meseta Central?
    Montes de León
  • Which range separates the Meseta Central from the Depresión del Guadalquivir?
    Sierra Morena
  • Which mountains are a transition between the Cordillera Cantábrica and the Pirineos?
    Montes Vascos
  • What mountain ranges are beyond the Meseta Central?
    Macizo Galaico, Montes Vascos, Pirineos, Sistema Costero-Catalán, and Sistemas Béticos
  • How many mountain chains are in the Meseta Central?
    Two
  • Which range contains low mountains with rounded peaks?
    Macizo Galaico
  • What mountain ranges are in the Meseta Central?
    The Sistema Central and the Montes de Toledo
  • What are river basins?
    Low plains crossed by rivers and surrounded by mountains.
  • What is the Meseta Central?
    It is an extensive plain that covers the centre of the Iberian Peninsula.
  • Which mountain ranges surround the Meseta Central?
    Montes de León, Cordillera Cantábrica, Sistema Ibérico, and the Sierra Morena
  • What are examples of low mountain ranges?
    Aracena and Madrona