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Mountains of Prades (Conca Slope)

Vilanova de Prades, Conca de Barberà, Tarragona

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Mountains of Prades (Conca Slope)

Nature · Vilanova de Prades, Conca de Barberà, Tarragona

The Muntanyes de Prades, on whose northern slope lies the municipality of Vilanova de Prades (Conca de Barberà), form a massif of some 307 km² spread across the comarcas of the Conca de Barberà, Alt Camp, Baix Camp, Les Garrigues and Priorat, with nineteen municipalities. Its highest peak is the Tossal de la Baltasana or Tossal de la Torre, at 1,202 metres. It is formed mainly of limestone and dolomite, with abundant shales and conglomerates, and it is the source of the rivers Francolí, Brugent, Glorieta, Siurana and Prades. The vegetation includes holm oak woods, dense holm oak groves, Valencian oak, red pine and pinassa pine at medium elevations, and it is notable for the presence, unique in Catalonia, of colonies of Pyrenean oak at 900 metres of altitude.

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