The Prebaetic System ( es, Sistemas Prebéticos or ''Sistema Prebético'', also often referred to simply as ''Prebético'') is a system of mountain ranges that forms the northeasternmost prolongation of the

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in the southern

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Geography

Although it is sometimes referred to as ''Cordillera Prebética'', it is not a proper cordillera, or continuous alignment of ranges, but a broken system of mountain ranges. Unlike the other two subsystems of the Baetic System, it is not present in the western area, but begins west of the eastern edge of the Sierra Sur de Jaén near Martos. The Prebaetic System runs along eastern interior

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, across the

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, reaching the

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shores in the southern

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. Its highest point is

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Sierra de la Sagra Sierra (Spanish for "mountain range" and "saw", from Latin '' serra'') 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 i ...

; other high ranges are Sierra de Segura and Sierra de Cazorla. The Sierra de María in northern Almeria Province runs across the Prebaetic and the Penibaetic System, overlapping with both.

Geology

Geologically the Prebaetic System shares similar characteristics to its parent system, the Subbaetic System and it is considered its eastern offshoot. The materials that compose it were formed in a relatively shallow sea.Morfología kárstica del sector oriental del Prebético andaluz
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rises north of the eastern part of the Prebaetic System.

Main mountain ranges

Some of the mountain ranges that make up the Prebaetic complex are, from west to east: * Sierra Sur de Jaén, overlapping with the Sistema Subbético * Sierra Mágina *

* Sierra de Cazorla * Sierra de Segura * Sierra de Alcaraz * Sierra de Castril *

Sierra de Cabrilla Sierra (Spanish for "mountain range" and "saw", from Latin ''serra'') 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 ...

Sierra Seca Sierra (Spanish for "mountain range" and "saw", from Latin ''wikt:serra#Latin, serra'') 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 ...

* Sierra del Taibilla * Sierra de María, overlapping with the

Sistema Penibético The Penibaetic System ( es, 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 ...

. * Serra de Crevillent * Sierra de Orihuela *

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Serra Mariola The Serra Mariola Natural Park (, es, Parque Natural de la Sierra de Mariola) is a mountain range in the Valencian Community, Spain, one of the most peripheral offsprings of the Baetic System. Most of its territory is included in a natural par ...

Serra del Ferrer 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 *Amp ...

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* Puig Campana * Aitana * Maigmó Massif * Serrella * Serra de la Xortà * Serra de la Penya-roja * Montgó Massif *

Sierra de Bernia Sierra (Spanish for "mountain range" and "saw", from Latin '' serra'') 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 i ...

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Cuenca del GuadalquivirPast and present potential distribution of the Iberian Abies species: a phytogeographic approach using fossil pollen data and species distribution models
Baetic System Mountain ranges of Andalusia Mountain ranges of the Region of Murcia Mountain ranges of the Valencian Community

Geography

Geology

Main mountain ranges

See also

References

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