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Baetic System

Baetic System
Mulhacen Winter.jpg
Mulhacén in the winter
Highest point
Peak Mulhacén
Elevation 3,478 m (11,411 ft)
Geography
Schematic representation of the Baetic System of mountain ranges
Schematic representation of the Baetic System of mountain ranges
Country Spain and little bit in Gibraltar (UK)
State/Province mostly Andalusia,
small parts in Murcia,
Castile-La Mancha,
Valencian Community
and Gibraltar (only Rock)
Range coordinates 37°N 5°W / 37°N 5°W / 37; -5Coordinates: 37°N 5°W / 37°N 5°W / 37; -5
Parent range Gibraltar Arc
Geology
Orogeny Alpine Orogeny

The Baetic System (Spanish: Sistema Bético) is one of the main systems of mountain ranges in Spain. Located in the southern and eastern Iberian Peninsula, it is also known as the Baetic Cordillera, Baetic Ranges or Baetic Mountains. The name of the mountain system derives from the ancient Roman region of Baetica, one of the Imperial Roman provinces of ancient Hispania.

The Baetic System is made up of multiple mountain ranges that reach from western Andalusia to the Region of Murcia, southern Castile-La Mancha and the Land of Valencia. To the north, the Baetic Ranges are separated from the Meseta Central and the Sierra Morena by the basin of the Guadalquivir. The Iberian System rises north of the eastern part of the Prebaetic System, the northernmost prolongation of the Baetic System. Generally the mountain ranges that are part of this system are aligned in a southwest-northeast direction.

The most well-known range of the Baetic System is the Sierra Nevada, where the Mulhacén, the highest mountain in continental Spain and in the Iberian Peninsula is found. The Rock of Gibraltar is also considered to be part of the Baetic System, but not the Cabo de Gata area further east which includes rocks of volcanic origin.


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