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Mountain range of o Suído

Covelo, Paradanta, Pontevedra

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Mountain range of o Suído

Nature · Covelo, Paradanta, Pontevedra

Massif that forms the border between the provinces of Pontevedra and Ourense, with the Pontevedra municipalities of A Lama, Fornelos de Montes and Covelo on its western slope. It reaches 1,059 metres at the Sesta Cerrada, and there the Tea, Oitavén and Verdugo rivers rise towards the west and the Avia towards the east, descending in waterfalls such as those of Mouriscados or Verducido. It is one of the rainiest areas of Galicia, with peat bogs and heathland on the peaks, a stable presence of wolves and golden eagles, and fragas (woods) of carballos (oaks), loureiros (laurels) and sobreiras (cork oaks) on the middle slopes, where shepherd's chozos (huts) and wolf pits used for centuries by the shepherds of the nearby villages are still preserved. It is crossed by an old path, a Verea, which linked Beariz with Pontevedra via the Portela da Cruz.

Photo: Noucho (Public domain)

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