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The Sierra Morena stretches for 450 km in an E-W direction from the high course of the Guadalmena River in the Sierra del Relumbrar until northwestern Huelva Province, extending into Portugal. The system is the result of the uplift produced by the pressure of the northward-moving African Plate. [5] It is made up of hard Paleozoic rocks such as ...
Oct 18, 2023 · Sierra Morena can be visited year-round, with each season offering its own unique charm. Spring and autumn tend to be the most pleasant seasons, with mild temperatures and beautiful flora. Summer can be hot, but the mountainous terrain provides respite from the heat.
On the western flank of Cordoba´s Sierra Morena is the densely wooded Sierra de Hornachuelos Natural Park, which is similar in its gently rolling hills to the bordering Sierra Norte Natural Park in Seville Province. Like the Sierra Norte, the Sierra de Hornachuelos has been designated a Unesco Biosphere Reserve for its principal land use: the dehesa, the mix of pasture - used for grazing livestock - and woodland - used for cork and producing charcoal.
The Sierra Morena is divided into several mountain ranges, all of which stretch from east to west. The low mountain range usually reaches 800 to 1,000 m, the highest mountain, the Bañuela or El Mójina, is 1,332 m high. The Sierra Morena's rounded shapes indicate the age of the mountains, as erosion flattened and smoothed the elevations over ...
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Sierra Morena offers an evocative journey to the deepest roots of the Andalusian identity. On route. The route begins at Rosal de la Frontera, the gateway to Andalusia from the Portuguese Alentejo. The N-433 road follows a wide, simple route, passing livestock farms. After a few kilometres you will enter the Sierra de Aracena y Picos de Aroche ...
Jun 24, 2024 · The Sierra Madrona. The Sierra Madrona is part of the system of mountain ranges known as the Sierra Morena – infamous in Spanish culture for having been home to bandits and thieves in the past. The Sierra Madrona is widely covered by shrub-land home to the plant which gave it its name, the madroño or ‘strawberry tree’.
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The Dehesas de Sierra Morena Biosphere Reserve has incorporated into the World Network an agroforestry-pastoral system specific to the Iberian Peninsula, such as the dehesa. This allows several uses to be made simultaneously: livestock, grazing, pasture, agriculture, mountain climbing, browsing, hunting and agro-tourism.
