Sierra Norte de Sevilla

Coordinates: 37°55′0″N 5°40′30″W / 37.91667°N 5.67500°W / 37.91667; -5.67500
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Sierra Norte de Sevilla
Sierra Norte
View of the Sierra Norte rising above Constantina
Highest point
PeakCerro de La Capitana
Elevation960 m (3,150 ft)
Dimensions
Length48 km (30 mi) ENE/WSW
Width15 km (9.3 mi) NNW/SSE
Geography
Sierra Norte de Sevilla is located in Spain
Sierra Norte de Sevilla
Sierra Norte de Sevilla
Location in Spain
LocationAndalusia
CountrySpain
Range coordinates37°55′0″N 5°40′30″W / 37.91667°N 5.67500°W / 37.91667; -5.67500
Parent rangeSierra Morena
Geology
OrogenyVariscan orogeny
Age of rockPaleozoic-early Mesozoic
Type of rockGranite, schist, limestone, slate and quartzite

Sierra Norte de Sevilla or Sierra Norte (Northern Range) is one of the western

Sevilla Province. The highest point of the range is the 960 m high Cerro de La Capitana
.

This range gives its name to an administrative comarca in the region, the

wine of the area, the Vino de la Tierra Sierra Norte de Sevilla.[1]

Description

The Sierra Norte is not very high and its mountains have generally a rounded shape except for the occasional

karstic crags. 962 m high Cerro de La Capitana is the highest point of the range. The Odiel and Murtigas
are the main rivers in the area of the range.

The Sierra Norte is properly a massif that includes the subranges of Sierra del Agua, highest point 910 m high Pico Hamapega, the Sierra de La Grana at the edge of the Plains of Guadalcanal, and the Sierra de San Miguel.[2]

The climate is less humid than in the

dehesas
. These are characteristic of the Sierra Morena landscape and are traditional pasture zones for cattle and pigs. Also typical are the
gallery forests shading the rivers of the range that provide a home to birds such as the Spanish imperial eagle, the cinereous vulture and the black stork.[3]

Cerro del Hierro (Hill of Iron) is an interesting karstic site within the range from which iron ore was formerly mined from cavities within the limestone and which has been declared a natural monument.[4]

Geology

The geological structure of the Sierra Norte is quite complex, with rocks ranging in age from Cambrian to Permo-Triassic. It includes terrain similar to the

archaeocyathids.[5] [6]

Protected areas

The

UNESCO Global Geopark[8][9] and hosted the 2019 conference of the European Geoparks Network, based in Seville
.

See also

References

  1. ^ La Comarca Sierra Norte en Sevilla Archived 2013-05-18 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Sierra Norte en Sevilla - Mirador La Capitana
  3. ^ Sierra Norte
  4. ^ Cerro del Hierro
  5. ^ Geomorfología de la Sierra Norte de Sevilla
  6. ^ "Geodiversidad". Junta de Andalucia. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  7. ^ Parque Natural Sierra Norte de Sevilla
  8. ^ "Sierra Norte de Sevilla Geopark". Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  9. ^ "Sierra Norte de Sevilla UNESCO Global Geopark". Retrieved 28 March 2023.

External links

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