Sierra De San Pedro

picture info	Sierra De San Pedro Sierra de San Pedro is a mountain range in the greater Montes de Toledo range, Spain. It is named after Saint Peter the Apostles in the New Testament, apostle and rises in the limits of Cáceres Province, Cáceres and Badajoz Provinces, in the western part of the autonomous community of Extremadura close to its border with Portugal. This range gives its name to the Sierra de San Pedro - Los Baldíos comarca. This mountain range separates the Tagus Basin, drainage basin of the Tagus to the north from the basin of the Guadiana to the south. The main rivers that have their sources in this range are the Rivera de Aurela, flowing towards the Tagus, as well as the Zapatón River, a tributary of the Xévora River that flows through Portugal into the Guadiana. The Sierra de San Pedro is a Site of Community Importance in Spain with ID ES0000070. Description The Sierra de San Pedro is a range of low hills that stretches for over 60 km in a NW/SE direction. It is parallel to the Serra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Alburquerque, Badajoz Alburquerque () is a town in the province of Badajoz in Spain. It has 5,600 inhabitants. It is very close to the border with Portugal and was an ancient dominion of the kings of that country. The origin of the name of the town is uncertain. It is believed to stem from Latin "the white oak". The titles of ''Lord of Alburquerque'' (''de Meneses'') and later ''Count of Alburquerque'' (''de Castilla'') and ''Duke of Alburquerque'' (''de La Cueva'') were important in Castile in the Middle Ages, see e.g. Sancho Alfonso, 1st Count of Alburquerque. Its sister city of Albuquerque in the United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ... takes its name from this town (but note the spelling difference: the lack of the 'r' after the first 'u'). History By 1530, the town h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Sierra De San Pedro - Los Baldíos Sierra (Spanish for "mountain range" and "saw", from Latin ''serra Serra (Latin for "saw") may refer to: People * Serra (footballer) (born 1961), Portuguese footballer * Serra (surname) * Serra (given name) Cities, towns, municipalities Brazil Serra, Espírito Santo, a city in the Greater Vitória area Ampar ...'') may refer to the following: Places Mountains and mountain ranges * Sierra de Juárez, a mountain range in Baja California, Mexico * Sierra de las Nieves, a mountain range in Andalusia, Spain * Sierra Madre (other), various mountain ranges ** Sierra Madre (Philippines), a mountain range in the east of Luzon, Philippines * Sierra mountains (other) * Sierra Nevada, a mountain range in the U.S. states of California and Nevada * Sierra Nevada (Spain), a mountain range in Andalusia, Spain * Sierra de San Pedro Mártir, a mountain range in Baja California, Mexico * Sierra Maestra, a mountain range in Cuba Other places Africa * Sierra Leone, a countr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Peña Del Águila Dam Peña, meaning "rocky outcrop" or "rocky summit" in the Spanish language (Aragonese: ''Penya'', Catalan: ''Penya''). It may refer to: Mountains Peña Montañesa, a mountain in the Pre-Pyrenees, Aragon, Spain Peña de los Enamorados, a mountain near Antequera, Andalusia, Spain Peña de Bernal, a mountain in Querétaro, Mexico Peña Prieta, a mountain in the Cantabrian Mountains, highest point of the range outside the Picos de Europa Peña Cebollera, a mountain in the Sistema Ibérico, one of the four highest peaks of the system Peña de las Once, a mountain in the Pyrenees, Sobrarbe, Aragon; see List of mountains in Aragon * Peña del Mediodía, a mountain in the Pyrenees, Sobrarbe, Aragon; see List of mountains in Aragon Peña Forca, a mountain in the Pyrenees, Jacetania, Aragon; see List of mountains in Aragon Peña Gratal, a mountain in the Pre-Pyrenees, Hoya de Huesca, Aragon; see List of mountains in Aragon Peña Falconera, a point near Morrano, Aragon, Spain Peña ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	San Vicente De Alcántara San Vicente de Alcántara () is a municipality in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura Extremadura (; ext, Estremaúra; pt, Estremadura; Fala: ''Extremaúra'') is an autonomous community of Spain. Its capital city is Mérida, and its largest city is Badajoz. Located in the central-western part of the Iberian Peninsula, it ..., Spain. It has a population of 5,788 and an area of 275 km². References External linksAyuntamiento de San Vicente de Alcántara Municipalities in the Province of Badajoz {{Badajoz-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	N-630 Road (Spain) N63 may refer to: Roads * N63 road (Ireland) * Dr. Santos Avenue, in Parañaque, Philippines * Nebraska Highway 63, in the United States Other uses * Aeroflot Flight N-63, which crashed in 1971 * BMW N63, an automobile engine * , a submarine of the Royal Navy * London Buses route N63 The London Night Bus network is a series of night bus routes that serve Greater London. Services broadly operate between the hours of 23:00 and 06:00. Many services commence from or operate via Trafalgar Square and are extensions or variations ... {{Letter-NumberCombDisambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Arroyo De La Luz Arroyo de la Luz is a municipality located in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain. According to the 2005 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 6607 inhabitants. It was put on lockdown by regional president Guillermo Fernández Vara in March 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain, with 15 reported cases of COVID-19 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei, identified in Wuhan, China, in December .... References Municipalities in the Province of Cáceres {{Extremadura-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Serra De São Mamede Serra de São Mamede ( en, Saint Mammes Range) is a mountain range in Portalegre District, Portugal. This range is named after Saint Mammes. Together with the Serra de Arraiolos, the Serra de São Mamede is one of the few places in the Alentejo region where there might be snow in the winter. This mountain range separates the drainage basin of the Tagus to the north from the basin of the Guadiana to the south. The main rivers that have their sources in this range are the Sever and Nisa, flowing towards the Tagus, as well as the Caia River and its tributary, the Arronches, flowing towards the Guadiana. The town of Marvão is an ancient fortified town located on a ridge of the range. Its emblematic castle is an archetype of medieval castle-building. It dates back to the times of the ''Reconquista'', the reconquest of the Iberian Peninsula from the Moors. Besides Marvão, Portalegre, Castelo de Vide, Arronches and Alegrete are other important towns in the area of the range. Des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Site Of Community Importance A Site of Community Importance (SCI) is defined in the European Commission Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC) as a site which, in the biogeographical region or regions to which it belongs, contributes significantly to the maintenance or restoration at a favourable conservation status of a natural habitat type or of a species and may also contribute significantly to the coherence of Natura 2000, and/or contributes significantly to the maintenance of biological diversity within the biogeographic region or regions concerned. They are proposed to the Commission by the State Members and once approved, they can be designated as SACs by the State Member. Definition In the environment field, the term is used to define an area: * which contributes significantly to maintaining or restoring one of the 233 European natural habitat types defined in Annex I of the Habitats Directive or to maintaining in a favourable state of conservation one of the approximately 900 species defined in Annex II; * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Zapatón River Zapatón is an indigenous territory in Costa Rica Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no .... References Indigenous territories of Costa Rica {{CostaRica-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Rivera De Aurela Rivera () is the capital of Rivera Department of Uruguay. The border with Brazil joins it with the Brazilian city of Santana do Livramento, which is only a street away from it, at the north end of Route 5. Together, they form an urban area of around 200,000 inhabitants. As of the census of 2011, it is the sixth most populated city of Uruguay. History On 21 March 1860 a ''pueblo'' (village) named Pereira was created by the Act of Ley Nº 614. On 7 May 1862, it was substituted by the ''villa'' (town) named Ceballos and founded by the Act of Ley Nº 704, in honour of the Spanish viceroy Pedro de Cevallos. In July 1867 it took on the official name Rivera and was recognized as a ''villa''. The Brazilian town Santana do Livramento already existed just across the border. On 1 October 1884, it became capital of the Department of Rivera by the Act of Ley Nº 1.757. Its status was elevated to ''ciudad'' (city) on 10 June 1912 by the Act of Ley Nº 4.006. In 1943, the Plaza Internacio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]