The Sub-Pyrenees () are a mountainous region in

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, forming a section of the southern

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of the

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. They are located at the eastern end of the Pre-Pyrenees, west of the Catalan Transversal Range, between the lower Ripollès and an area of the high Garrotxa. Geocat-ca

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The Sub-Pyrenees consist of a series of parallel mountain ranges aligned in an east-west direction. Their shape is smooth and they are mostly covered with

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. They are cut transversally by the Ter River, between the Sant Amand (1,851 m) anticline and Bellmunt (1,515 m), the mountain massif rising over the Plain of Vic. The term ''Subpirineu'' was first used in 1938 by Catalan

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Lluís Solé. He justified the separateness of the Sub-Pyrenees from the Pre-Pyrenees and the Transversal Range on the basis of the material composition of the mountains, as well as the relatively more recent character of the

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and the evidence of fractures. The name "Sub-Pyrenees" was systematically accepted in the 1958 work ''Geografia de Catalunya''.Jordi Sacasas i Lluís, ''Geografía de Catalunya'', Publicacions L'Abadia de Montserrat.

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El Factor Natural del PaisatgePOUM Maià de Montcal
Garrotxa Osona Ripollès Mountain ranges of Catalonia Geography of the Province of Girona Geography of the Province of Barcelona

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