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Sierra Y Cañones De Guara Natural Park
The Sierra y Cañones de Guara Natural Park (Spanish: Parque natural de la Sierra y los Cañones de Guara) is a Spanish Natural park in the Sierra de Guara mountain range, located in the Province of Huesca, Aragon, northern Spain. It was established in 1990. Geography The nature park covers an area of about 47,450 hectares, not including a peripheral zone of protection that also covers 33,775 hectares. The park covers the Spanish municipalities of: Abiego, Adahuesca, Aínsa-Sobrarbe, Alquézar, Arguis, Bárcabo, Bierge, Boltaña, Caldearenas, Casbas de Huesca, Colungo, Huesca, Loporzano, Nueno and Sabiñánigo. The altitude of the park ranges from at the Alcanadre River to at the summit of Tozal of Guara. Salto de Roldán Salto de Roldán (English: 'Roland's Leap') is a rock formation about north of Huesca in High Aragon, northern Spain, in the foothills of the central Pyrenees. It lies in the westernmost part of Sierra y Cañones de Guara Natural Park. It co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huesca Province
Huesca ( an, Uesca, ca, Osca), officially Huesca/Uesca, is a province of northeastern Spain, in northern Aragon. The capital is Huesca. Positioned just south of the central Pyrenees, Huesca borders France and the French Departments of Haute-Garonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques and Hautes-Pyrénées. Within Spain, Huesca's neighboring provinces are Navarre, Zaragoza and Lleida. Geography Covering a primarily mountainous area of km², the province of Huesca has a total population of in 2018, with almost a quarter of its people living in the capital city of Huesca. The low population density, 14.62/km², has meant that Huesca's lush valleys, rivers, and lofty mountain ranges have remained relatively pristine and unspoiled by progress. Home to majestic scenery, the tallest mountain in the Pyrenees, the Aneto; eternal glaciers, such as at Monte Perdido; and the National Park of Ordesa and Monte Perdido, rich in flora and protected fauna. Popular with mountaineers, spelunkers, parag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
