Moles de Xert (, ) is a long mountain range in the

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comarca,

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. Its highest point is Mola Gran (806 m). The other main summits are ''Mola Murada,'' a

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, ''Moleta Redona'' and ''Mola Llarga''. These mountains have very original shapes, topped by regular rocky outcrops resembling castles or fortifications. They are frequently covered in

snow Snow consists of individual ice crystals that grow while suspended in the atmosphere—usually within clouds—and then fall, accumulating on the ground where they undergo further changes. It consists of frozen crystalline water througho ...

in the winter. Moles de Xert

The main mountain, Mola Gran, has been disfigured on the southern side by a

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that left a very visible scarred surface with a large

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. There are remains of an

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settlement in the Mola Murada. Wildlife, like

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, Roe Deer and

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, is abundant in these lonely mountains.

Location

This mountain chain rises above the town of Xert and right to the NE of

Serra de l'Espadella Serra de l'Espadella () is an over long mountain range in the Baix Maestrat comarca, Valencian Community, Spain. Its highest point is Espadella (968 m). These mountains are frequently covered in snow in the winter. Geography This mountain chain ...

, east of the

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mountains of which they could be considered foothills.José Quereda Sala, ''Les Moles de Xert; Análisis Geomorfológico''
The abandoned villages of La Barcella and Fontanals are located in these mountains.

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El País Valencià poble a poble; comarca a comarca - El Baix Maestrat
{{Mountain ranges of the Iberian System Mountain ranges of the Sistema Ibérico Mountain ranges of the Valencian Community Baix Maestrat

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