The world around us
10
What’s Spain’s relief like?
Spain is one of the most mountainous countries in Europe. It has an
average
altitude
of 650 m. Switzerland is the only European country
with more high land than Spain.
1
With a partner, make a list of all the mountain ranges you know in Spain.
G
E T T I N G S T A R T E D
The
Pyrenees
form a barrier
between France and Spain.
The south-west of Spain has
the highest mountain range,
the
Sistemas Béticos
, which
includes the Sierra Nevada.
The
Meseta Central
is
surrounded by the
Montes de
León
in the north, the
Sistema
Ibérico
in the west and the
Sierra Morena
in the south.
The
Meseta
Central
is a large
plateau in the
centre of Spain.
It’s divided into
the
Submeseta
Norte
and the
Submeseta Sur
.
The
Macizo Galaico-Leonés
in the north-west and the
Cordillera
Cantábrica
in the north form an almost-continuous mountain
range which stretches right across the north of the country.
The Submeseta Sur is
divided in two by the
Montes de Toledo.
