Penibaetic System facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Penibaetic System
Sistema Penibético
The Veleta summit seen from the Mulhacén
Highest point
Peak	Mulhacén
Elevation	3,479 m (11,414 ft)
Dimensions
Length	505 km (314 mi) ENE/WSW
Width	63 km (39 mi) NNW/SSE
Geography
Location in Spain
Country	Spain
Range coordinates	37°5′0″N 3°4′0″W / 37.08333°N 3.06667°W / 37.08333; -3.06667
Parent range	Baetic System
Geology
Orogeny	Alpine orogeny
Age of rock	Cenozoic
Type of rock	Limestone

Schematic representation of the Baetic System of mountain ranges

Upper Valdeinfierno river basin in Sierra Nevada

Sierra de Enmedio near Puerto Lumbreras, at the eastern end of the system

Map of the Baetic System within Andalusia

The Penibaetic System (Spanish: Sistema Penibético or Cordillera Penibética) is the southernmost of the three systems of mountain ranges of the Baetic System in the southern Iberian Peninsula. It includes the highest point in the peninsula, 3,478 m high Mulhacén in the Sierra Nevada.

Geography

The Penibaetic System runs along the south coast of Andalusia, from the province of Cádiz, across the province of Granada, into the Region of Murcia until reaching the Campo de Cartagena. Along its northern side, across the intermontane basins known as the Hoya de Baza and the Hoya de Guadix, runs the Subbaetic System.

The Intrabaetic Basin (Spanish: Surco Intrabético), a discontinuous series of valleys, separates the Cordillera Penibética from the Cordillera Subbética in the north.

Mountain ranges

The main mountain ranges that make up the Penibaetic complex are, from west to east, the Serranía de Ronda, the Sierra de Grazalema, the Sierra de Tejeda, Sierra de Almijara, the Sierra Nevada, the Sierra de la Contraviesa, the Sierra de Gádor, the Sierra de Baza, and the Sierra de los Filabres. The following list includes lesser ranges:

• Sierra Carbonera
• Sierra de Enmedio (Cádiz)
• Sierra de Grazalema
• Sierra de las Nieves
• Sierra Bermeja
• Rock of Gibraltar
• Sierra de Alcaparaín
• Cordillera Antequerana
  • Sierra de la Pizarra
  • Sierra del Valle de Abdalajís
  • Sierra Huma
  • Sierra Llana
  • Sierra de Chimeneas
  • Sierra de las Cabras
  • Sierra del Co, Peña Negra, 1337 m
  • Sierra Gorda
  • Sierra de San Jorge
• Peña de los Enamorados
• Sierra de Utrera
• Sierra de Cártama
• Montes de Málaga
  • Gibralfaro
• Sierra Crestellina
• Sierra Blanca
• Sierra Alpujata, Cerro Castillejos, 1,074 m
• Sierra de Mijas
• Sierra de Enmedio (Málaga)
  • Sierra de Camarolos
  • Sierra del Jobo
• Sierra de Alhama
• Sierra de Tejeda, La Maroma, 2,066 m
• Sierra de Almijara
• Sierra Nevada, Mulhacén, 3,480 m
• Sierra de la Alfaguara
• Sierra de Lújar
• Sierra de la Contraviesa
• Sierra de Gádor, Morrón de la Lagunilla, 2,249 m
• Sierra de Baza
• Cerro Jabalcón
• Sierra de los Filabres, Calar Alto, 2,168 m
• Sierra de las Estancias
• Sierra de Alhamilla, Pico Colativí, 1,387 m
• Sierra Espuña
• Sierra de Enmedio (Puerto Lumbreras)

See also

In Spanish: Cordillera Penibética para niños

• Baetic System
• Intrabaetic Basin