Sierra de Callosa ( ca-valencia, Serra de Callosa)
[Vicenç M. Rosselló i Verger, ''Toponímia, geografia i cartografia''] is a long mountain range in the
Vega Baja del Segura ( ca-valencia, Baix Segura) comarca,
Valencian Community,
Spain. Its highest point is Águila (572 m). This range is named after the town of
Callosa de Segura located at the feet of the mountains.
These conspicuous and harsh-looking massive
limestone mountains rise abruptly from the low
Segura River Valley floor and have some very steep cliffs. There is very little vegetation on the arid mountain slopes and both physically and geologically the Sierra de Callosa is similar to the
Sierra de Orihuela range located only 2.6 km to the west.
Smoother
Sierra de Hurchillo
Sierra (Spanish for "mountain range" and "saw", from Latin '' serra'') may refer to the following:
Places Mountains and mountain ranges
* Sierra de Juárez, a mountain range in Baja California, Mexico
* Sierra de las Nieves, a mountain range i ...
is located 6.5 km to the south.
These mountains were declared a Protected Area by the
Generalitat Valenciana in 2005.
See also
*
Mountains of the Valencian Community
This is a list of mountains in the Valencian Community of Spain.
See also
* List of mountains in Aragon
* List of mountains in Catalonia
* Sistema Ibérico
*Catalan Mediterranean System
The Catalan Mediterranean System, also known as M ...
*
Sierra de Orihuela
References
External links
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Paraje Natural Municipal La Pilarica-Sierra de Callosa
Callosa
Vega Baja del Segura