A Pobra do Brollón is a municipality in the province of
Lugo
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in the autonomous community of
Galicia,
Spain
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. It belongs to the
comarca
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of
Terra de Lemos
A Terra de Lemos is a comarca in the Galician province of Lugo. The overall population of this local region is 30,151 (2019).
Municipalities
Bóveda, Monforte de Lemos
Monforte de Lemos is a town and Municipalities of Spain, municipality in ...
.
It has a population of 2,066 (Spanish 2010 Census) and an area of 175 km
2.
It is bordered to the north by
O Incio, to the south by
Quiroga and
Ribas de Sil, east to by
Samos
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,
Folgoso do Courel and Quiroga, and to the west by
Monforte de Lemos
Monforte de Lemos is a town and Municipalities of Spain, municipality in northwestern Spain, in the province of Lugo (province), Lugo, Galicia (Spain), Galicia. It covers an area of 200 km2 and lies 62 km from Lugo. As of 2017 it had a ...
and
Bóveda
Bóveda () is a municipality in the province of Lugo, in the autonomous community of Galicia, northwestern Spain. It belongs to the comarca
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.
It is located 62 kilometers from the provincial capital.
Natural environment
Geography
The municipality of A Pobra do Brollón has an area of 174.8 km
2, located between the Valle de Lemos to the west and the Sierra del Caurel to the east. It is characterized by its mountainous topography in the eastern half. The area include the following mountains:
* Alto da Veneira
* Mioteira
* O Home Grande
* Cerro de Pereira
* Covallo
* Moncai
The main rivers are el Cabe, el Saa and el Rubin, which form small and deep valleys. All the rivers in the western half form part of the river basin of the Cabe river while those of the eastern half belong to the basin of the Lor river, making a physical edge by a strip in the east. In the land surrounding the Sil river is a small bank. The most important plant species are pine, chestnut, poplar, gorse, blackberry and
Common Broom
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.
Hydrography
The hydrographic network is located within the basin of the Cabe river, which drains the western part of municipality in the NE-SW direction and forms part of the Minho-Sil river basin. The main rivers and streams are:
* Rivers: Cabe, Lor, Saa, Lebrón, Rubín, Loureiro-Mazo.
* Streams: As Lamelas, Forgas, A Barca, Arquillido, A Silvela, Picarrexo, Trasmonte.
Climate
The climate in the west is oceanic-continental and to the east the climate is oceanic-mountain, a result of a higher altitude. In the west, temperatures are mild. The winters are cold with heavy freezing and the summers are hot. The area within the domain of the mountain climate has average temperatures around 11 °C with large temperatures ranging from 12° to 15°. The months of maximum rainfall are from November to March and the minimum rainfall from July to August.
Vegetation
The vegetation consists of species such as: pine, chestnut, oak, poplar, while the shrub type is represented by the gorse, and Common Broom, amongst others.
Demography
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Parishes
References
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Municipalities in the Province of Lugo