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Mountain range of Crevillente y Algayat (vertiente de Hondón de las Nieves)

Fondó de les Neus, el/Hondón de las Nieves, El Vinalopó Mitjà, Alicante

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Mountain range of Crevillente y Algayat (vertiente de Hondón de las Nieves)

Nature · Fondó de les Neus, el/Hondón de las Nieves, El Vinalopó Mitjà, Alicante

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Valley protected by the Sierra de Crevillente and Algayat ranges, home to pines, almond trees, olive trees and vineyards, in the municipal area of Hondón de las Nieves. The Sierra de Crevillente, made of limestone materials of Jurassic, Cretaceous and Miocene age, reaches its highest point at La Vella, at 836 meters, followed by peaks such as El Picacho or San Cayetano, San Yuri, el Puntal de Matamoros and El Campanar. Tree cover is scarce, with pines on the northern slope and an abundance of esparto grass, while carob and almond trees are grown in the lower areas. On its slopes there survive remains of human occupation from the Upper Paleolithic and a 13th-century Andalusi qanat, visible in the Els Pontets aqueduct.

Photo: Viquipèdia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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