Ice cave. San Juan Valley is a photograph by Guido Montanes Castillo which was uploaded on July 16th, 2018.
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Ice cave. San Juan Valley
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Guido Montanes Castillo
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Ice cave. San Juan Valley
National park Sierra Nevada, Spain
River San Juan at sunset
The Sierra Nevada (meaning "snowy range" in Spanish) is a mountain range in the region of Andalusia, provinces of Granada and Almer�a in Spain. It contains the highest point of continental Spain, Mulhac�n at 3,478 metres (11,411 ft) above sea level. The Sierra Nevada in California was named after the Sierra Nevada of Spain.[citation needed]
Sierra in Spanish means the dented area of a saw, upside down, it becomes similar to the view of a group of peaks of a mountain range.
It is a popular tourist destination, as its high peaks make skiing possible in one of Europe's most southerly ski resorts, in an area along the Mediterranean Sea predominantly known for its warm temperatures and abundant sunshine. At its foothills is found the city of Granada and, a little further, Almer�a and M�laga.
Parts of the range have been included in the Sierra Nevada National Park. The range has also been declared a biosphere reserve. The Sierra Nevada Observatory is located on the northern slopes at an elevation of 2,800 metres (9,200 ft).
Formation
The Sierra Nevada was formed during the Alpine Orogeny, a mountain-building event that also formed the European Alps to the east and the Atlas Mountains of northern Africa across the Mediterranean Sea to the south. The Sierra as observed today formed during the Tertiary Period (65 to 1.8 million years ago) from the collision of the African and Eurasian continental plates.
[edit]Geography
Central to the mountain range is a ridge running broadly west-south-west - east-north-east. For a substantial distance, the watershed stays consistently above 3,000 metres (9,800 ft).
On the southern side of the range, several long but narrow river valleys lead off towards the south-west, separated by a number of subsidiary ridges.
On the steeper and craggier northern side, the valleys have less regular orientations. This side is dominated by the Rio Genil which starts near Mulhac�n and into which many of the other rivers flow
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