Toledo Mountains ( Spanish: Montes de Toledo ) - a mountain system in Central Spain .
| Toledo Mountains | |
|---|---|
| Spanish Montes de toledo | |
 Mountains in the municipality of San Pablo de los Montes | |
| Characteristics | |
| Education period | Tertiary |
| Area | 11 114 km² |
| Length | 121 km |
| Width | 151 km |
| Highest point | |
| Highest peak | Pico Villuercas |
| Highest point | 1603 [1] m |
| Location | |
| A country |
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| Region | Castile La Mancha |
Toledo mountains rise above the Novokastilsky plateau , South Meseta . Altitude exceeds 1000 m , the highest point is Pico-Vilyuercas (1603 m ). The main ranges are the Sierra de la Calderina between the cities of Malagon and Puerto Lapise , the Sierra de Guadalupe near Guadalupe and the Sierra de Altamira on the border of Extremadura and Castile-La Mancha .
The dimensions of the system are about 350 km in length and 50-100 km in width, and its length is from west to east . The Toledo Mountains are a watershed of the Tagus and Guadiana rivers .
The Toledo Mountains are located south of Central Cordillera in the provinces of Cáceres , Toledo and Ciudad Real .
In honor of the mountains, the Montes de Toledo mosquito got its name.
Notes
- ↑ Julio Muñoz Jiménez, Los Montes de Toledo. Estudios de Geografía Física. Departamento de Geografía de la Universidad de Oviedo. Instituto JS Elcano (CSIC), Oviedo 1976