Wikipedia / Pre-Pyrenees
Wikipedia / Pre-Pyrenees
The Pre-Pyrenees (; ) are the foothills of the Pyrenees.
Description
As a mountainous system, the Pre-Pyrenees are part of the Pyrenees. They run parallel to the main mountain range in a west-to-east direction.
On the French side, the Pyrenees's slopes descend rather abruptly; thus, on the northern side, the Pre-Pyrenees are confined to the Corbières Massif, towards the eastern end of the mountain system. The Massif de Plantaurel further west deserves mention as well, although not as clearly a foothill.
On the Iberian side, however, the picture is very different: a large and complex system of foothill ranges stretches from Navarre, across northern Aragon, reaching the Mediterranean coast on the Catalan end of the Pyrenees. At the eastern end on the southern side lies a distinct area known as the Sub-Pyrenees.
Main ranges
Although the highest peaks in the Pre-Pyrenees are not as high as those in the Pyrenees proper, some of the ranges are quite massive, with summits reaching up to .
Northern slope
Southern slope
The main ranges are:
In Catalonia
Montsec range
Montsec de Rúbies, the eastern massif, is separated by the river Segre in the east and the Noguera Pallaresa in the middle.
Montsec d'Ares, the central massif.
Montsec d'Estall, in Aragon, located to the west, separated by the Noguera Ribagorçana from the central massif.
In Aragon
In Navarre
Features
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