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The Baetic Depression ( or ''Depresión del Guadalquivir'') is an alluvial plain in the lower valley of the Guadalquivir in Las grandes unidades del relieve - La Depresión del Guadalquivir y sus adyacentes
/ref> The Baetic Depression in the Guadalquivir basin is mostly flat land and divides the Sierra Morena to the north from the Baetic System to the south. It is a typical lateral depression of the type that forms amidst Alpine mountain ranges, similar to the valley of the
Cuenca del GuadalquivirLa secuencia paleolítica de la depresión bética inferior
Landforms of Andalusia Plains of Spain {{Spain-geo-stub
The Baetic Depression ( or ''Depresión del Guadalquivir'') is an alluvial plain in the lower valley of the Guadalquivir in Andalusia
Andalusia ( , ; , ) is the southernmost autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in Peninsular Spain, located in the south of the Iberian Peninsula, in southwestern Europe. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomou ...
, Spain
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It is a large triangular-shaped area in the Guadalquivir basin oriented roughly northeast to southwest with its vertex in the east-northeast and its outlet in the Gulf of Cádiz./ref> The Baetic Depression in the Guadalquivir basin is mostly flat land and divides the Sierra Morena to the north from the Baetic System to the south. It is a typical lateral depression of the type that forms amidst Alpine mountain ranges, similar to the valley of the
Ebro
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, the Po River
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valley in Italy
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or the Upper Thracian Plain in Bulgaria
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See also
* Baetic System * Geography of SpainReferences
External links
Cuenca del Guadalquivir
Landforms of Andalusia Plains of Spain {{Spain-geo-stub