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Monegros Los Monegros is a comarca in Aragon, Spain. It is located within the provinces of Zaragoza and Huesca. The area is prone to chronic droughts, and much of the area is a natural region made up of badlands. Los Monegros borders seven comarcas: Hoya ...

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. It is located between the provinces of

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Huesca Huesca (; an, Uesca) is a city in north-eastern Spain, within the autonomous community of Aragon. It is also the capital of the Spanish province of the same name and of the comarca of Hoya de Huesca. In 2009 it had a population of 52,059, almo ...

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Geography

This mountain chain crosses the arid eastern end of the Monegros comarca from northwest to southeast and divides the basins of the Gállego and Isuela rivers. It has numerous ravines and its landscape is characteristic of

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. The ridge's highest summits are Monte Oscuro (822 m) and San Caprasio (811 m); other summits are

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(629 m) and Vedao (548 m), located at the northern end of the range, as well as Sigena (592 m) and Huegas (447 m), located at the southern end. This mountain range is named after the town of Alcubierre, located 3 km east of the range. The Sierra de Alcubierre is divided into subranges, foremost of which are Sierra de Lanaja, named after Lanaja town, and Sierra de Pallaruelo, named after

Pallaruelo de Monegros Pallaruelo de Monegros is a locality in the municipality of Sariñena, in Huesca province, Aragon, Spain. As of 2020, it had a population of 99. Geography Pallaruelo de Monegros is located 69km south-southeast of Huesca Huesca (; an, Uesca ...

village, both located roughly in the central part of the main range.

References

External links

Official webpage of the Comarca of Los Monegros

Tourism in Monegros

Wikiloc - Perdiguera/Monte Oscuro

Bike trails, Monte Oscuro - Alcubierre

Alcubierre Military history of Spain Geography of the Province of Huesca {{huesca-geo-stub

Geography

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