The Prebaetic System ( Spanish : Sistemas Prebéticos or Sistema Prebético , also often referred to simply as Prebético ) is a system of mountain ranges that forms the northeasternmost prolongation of the Baetic System in the southern Iberian Peninsula .
9-520: Although it is sometimes referred to as Cordillera Prebética , it is not a proper cordillera, or continuous alignment of ranges, but a broken system of mountain ranges. Unlike the other two subsystems of the Baetic System, it is not present in the western area, but begins west of the eastern edge of the Sierra Sur de Jaén near Martos . The Prebaetic System runs along eastern interior Andalusia , across
18-488: Is located to the east of Sierra Sur de Jaén. Most of the lower slopes and intermontane basins of the range are covered with olive groves . Some of the undisturbed higher slopes and hidden valleys of the mountains have preserved the original Mediterranean forest cover with Yew , Portuguese Oak , Holm Oak and Juniper trees. The highest altitudes of the range are mostly denuded of forest and thorny shrubland predominates. The mountaintops are usually covered with snow in
27-463: Is part of the central belt of the Baetic System , Andalusia , Spain . Its name derives from its location in the southwestern part of Jaén Province . The highest summit in the range is 1,872 m high Pico Pandera ; 1,722 m high Cerro de la Cruz is another notable peak. This range gives its name to an administrative comarca in the region, the Sierra Sur de Jaén Comarca , as well as to the wine of
36-529: Is the 1,993 m high Las Banderillas peak. This mountain range is surrounded by the Sierra Nevada , the Sierra de Cazorla , and Sierra de Baza mountain ranges. It gives its name to the Sierra de Segura Comarca , an administrative division that includes a number of villages that are scattered across the range. The Sierras de Cazorla, Segura y Las Villas Natural Park is a protected area including about 80% of
45-723: The Region of Murcia , reaching the Mediterranean Sea shores in the southern Valencian Community . Its highest point is La Sagra , Sierra de la Sagra ; other high ranges are Sierra de Segura and Sierra de Cazorla . The Sierra de María in northern Almeria Province runs across the Prebaetic and the Penibaetic System, overlapping with both. Geologically the Prebaetic System shares similar characteristics to its parent system,
54-474: The Subbaetic System and it is considered its eastern offshoot. The materials that compose it were formed in a relatively shallow sea. The Iberian System rises north of the eastern part of the Prebaetic System. Some of the mountain ranges that make up the Prebaetic complex are, from west to east: Sierra Sur de Ja%C3%A9n The Sierra Sur de Jaén (Southern Range of Jaén) is a mountain range that
63-520: The area , the Sierra Sur de Jaén (DO) . The Sierra Sur de Jaén is located in the area where the Subbaetic System is overlapping with the Prebaetic System . The latter begins east of Martos . The Sierra Sur includes the subranges of Sierra de la Pandera , the Sierra de Ventisqueros , the Sierra del Trigo and the Sierra Caracolera , among others. The neighboring range of Sierra Mágina
72-689: The east of the Sierra Sur de Jaén another mountainous subsystem begins, the Prebaetic System , an offshoot of the Subbaetic System stretching further northeastwards. Sierra de Segura Sierra de Segura is a mountain range of the Prebaetic System in the Jaén Province in Spain . It is named after the ancient town of Segura de la Sierra and it gives its name to the Segura River . Its highest point
81-549: The winter. Otíñar is a zone of the range that includes ancient ruins and caves set in valleys among relatively unspoilt wilderness . It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 2009. The ranges of the Sierra Sur de Jaén, as well as the Sierra de Segura were formed during the Mesozoic . The geological materials that compose them were formed in a relatively shallow sea and are mainly made up of Cenozoic sedimentary rocks , including limestone , dolomite and marl . Towards
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