Sierra de Utiel ( ca-valencia, Serra d'Utiel) is a long mountain range in the
Alt Palància
Alto Palancia (Valencian: ''Alt Palància'') is a comarca in the province of Castellón, Valencian Community (Spain
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Plana Baixa
Plana Baixa ( es, Plana Baja) is a ''comarca'' in the province of Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain.
The main source of water for irrigation in the area is the Millars River.
Municipalities
The ''comarca'' is composed of 20 municipaliti ...
comarcas,
Valencian Community
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Spain
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. Its highest point is the 1,306 m high El Remedio ( ca-valencia, El Remei). There is often
snow
Snow comprises individual ice crystals that grow while suspended in the atmosphere—usually within clouds—and then fall, accumulating on the ground where they undergo further changes.
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in the winter.
Minor ranges
There are four ranges running parallel to each other:
*Sierra del Negrete, also known as Sierra del Remedio ( ca-valencia, Serra del Remei), the main range, with the 1,306 m high El Remedio ( ca-valencia, El Remei), where there is a shrine and the Cerrochico (1,223 m).
*The Sierra de Utiel proper with the 1,112 m high Cabeza del Fraile
*The Sierra de Juan Navarro with the 1,177 m high Cinco Pinos, the Juan Navarro (1,167 m) and the Ropé (1,140 m), where both former ranges merge to meet the
tectonic depression of
Chera.
*The Sierra de la Atalaya, whose highest summit is La Atalaya (1,157 m).
The Utiel Range has been declared a
Site of Community Importance
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(SCI).
SCI Sierra del Negrete
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See also
*Mountains of the Valencian Community
This is a list of mountains in the Valencian Community of Spain.
See also
*List of mountains in Aragon
*List of mountains in Catalonia
*Sistema Ibérico
* Catalan Mediterranean System
*Prebaetic System
Sources
* VV.AA.(1999), ''Atlas Esc ...
References
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External links
Red de senderos de la Plana de Utiel - Sierras de Utiel y del NegreteParcs Naturals de la Comunitat Valenciana - Official List
Utiel
Utiel is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Requena-Utiel in the Valencian Community, Spain.
According to the 2014 census, the municipality has a population of 12,082 inhabitants.
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Requena-Utiel
Los Serranos