Catalan Mediterranean System
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- Pyrenees
- Pre-Pyrenees
- Catalan Central Depression
- Smaller mountain ranges of the Central Depression
- Catalan Transversal Range
- Catalan Pre-Coastal Range
- Catalan Coastal Range
- Catalan Coastal Depression and other coastal and pre-coastal plains
The Catalan Mediterranean System, also known as Mediterranean System, Transversal Ibero-Pyrenaean System, and Catalanid System,[1] is a wide coastal geographical region in Catalonia. It is made up of a double system of coastal mountain chains: The Catalan Coastal Range and the Catalan Pre-Coastal Range, as well as the Catalan Coastal Depression and other coastal and pre-coastal plains located among those mountain ranges.
Geology
[edit | edit source]Geologically the Catalan Mediterranean System is the result of a tectonic uplift, about 300 km long and roughly 50 km wide.
Transversally the system can be divided in three zones:
- Northern Zone, between the Empordà comarca and the Llobregat. This zone is of paleozoic and crystalline composition
- Central Zone, between rivers Llobregat and Ebre
- Southern Zone, between the Baix Ebre comarca and the Millars River in the Valencian Community. Both the central and the southern zone are of mesozoic and tertiary composition.
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Josep Guitart i Duran, Maria del Tura Bolòs et al. Història agrària dels Països Catalans (Volum 1) Antiguitat, 2005, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
External links
[edit | edit source]- El Relleu - Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana[permanent dead link]
- Sistema Mediterrani Català - Fundació Torre del Palau
- El Sistema Mediterrani - Regions Naturals de Catalunya
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