Sierra de Albarracín is a long mountain range in the southwestern end of the
Iberian System
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. Its highest point is the 1,856 m high summit known as Sierra Alta.
Description
This mountain range is named after the town of
Albarracín, located at a height of 1,200 m. At the same time it gives its name to the
Sierra de Albarracín
Sierra de Albarracín is a long mountain range in the southwestern end of the Sistema Ibérico, Iberian System. Its highest point is the 1,856 m high summit known as Sierra Alta.
Description
This mountain range is named after the town of Albarr ...
comarca of Aragon,
Spain.
Monterde de Albarracín
Monterde de Albarracín is a municipality in the province of Teruel, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2010 census the municipality had a population of 69 inhabitants. Its postal code is 44368. It has an area of 45.12 km2. There is a church fro ...
is located at the northern end of the range.
The Sierra de Albarracín is a rough-looking mountain chain with
pine,
oak and
juniper
Junipers are coniferous trees and shrubs in the genus ''Juniperus'' () of the cypress family Cupressaceae. Depending on the taxonomy, between 50 and 67 species of junipers are widely distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere, from the Arcti ...
forests and also many patches where the rock is exposed. Its summits are usually covered in
snow in the winter and the average temperature is of 11 °C. It was formerly one of the most lonely and desolate areas of Spain and there were not even marked paths crossing its impenetrable forests and jagged ridges.
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Metopoceras albarracina
''Metopoceras albarracina'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the Sierra de Albarracín, Aragon, Spain
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'' is an endemic
moth of these mountains.
Aramón Javalambre
See also
* Albarracín
*Monterde de Albarracín
Monterde de Albarracín is a municipality in the province of Teruel, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2010 census the municipality had a population of 69 inhabitants. Its postal code is 44368. It has an area of 45.12 km2. There is a church fro ...
*List of mountains in Aragon
This is a list of mountains in Aragon, Spain. They include the Aneto, the highest peak in the Pyrenees, as well as the Moncayo, the highest peak in the Sistema Ibérico.
See also
*List of Pyrenean three-thousanders
*Pyrenees
*Pre-Pyrenee ...
References
External links
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Albarracín on Diputación de TeruelTurismo AlbarracinTurismo en la Sierra de Albarracín (Teruel)The highest camping in SpainSocial organization, reproductive behavior and ecology of Leptothorax acervorum (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from the Sierra de Albarracin in central Spain
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