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Sierra Morena

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Sierra Morena

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mountain range in Spain

Key facts

Peak
Bañuela
Elevation
1,332 m (4,370 ft)
Coordinates
38°22′N 3°50′W / 38.367°N 3.833°W / 38.367; -3.833
Length
450 km (280 mi) E/W
Width
75 km (47 mi) N/S
Location
Provinces of Badajoz ( Extremadura ), Ciudad Real ( Castile-La Mancha ) and Córdoba , Jaén , Sevilla and Huelva ( Andalusia )
Orogeny
Variscan orogeny

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
mountain range
Country
Spain
Located in
Jaén Province
Elevation
1324
Shares border with
Baetic Depression
Highest point
Sierra Madrona
Material used
granite
Image
SIERRA ANDULAR1.JPG
Width
75
Length
400
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Sierra Morena
located in/on physical feature
Iberian Peninsula
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Sierra Morena
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Encyclopedic overview

The Sierra Morena is one of the main systems of mountain ranges in Spain. It stretches for 450 kilometres from east to west across the south of the Iberian Peninsula, forming the southern border of the Meseta Central plateau and providing the watershed between the valleys of the Guadiana to the north and the west, and the Guadalquivir to the south.

Its highest summit is the 1,332 m high Bañuela. Other notable peaks are Corral de Borros 1,312 m and Cerro de la Estrella [es] 1,298 m.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sierra Morena” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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