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448:. At an altitude of 1,700 metres (5,600 ft) the annual average precipitation is slightly more than 900 millimetres (35 in). The Sierre de Tejeda receives a total of 8.6 cubic hectometres (300,000,000 cu ft) of rainfall in an average year.
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GarcĂa Alix, Antonio; Minwer
Barakat, Raef; MartĂn, JosĂ© M.; MartĂn Suárez, Elvira; Freudenthal, Matthijs (July–August 2009), "Dating The Change From Endorheic To Exorheic Conditions In The Drainage System Of The Granada Basin (Southern Spain)",
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land lower down in the slopes of the
Almanchares river basin. The Fajara cave was used in the Neolithic era, and the Rábita cave shows evidence of iron ore extraction in Roman times. Three bridges on the slopes of the sierra in the towns of
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Annual average temperature at the
Pantano de los Bermejales station at the foot of the Sierra is about 8 °C (46 °F). Higher in the mountains the temperatures range from 0 to 22 °C (32 to 72 °F). The flora are mostly
408:(1839–1902) explained the earthquake as having been caused by movement along the faults that bound the Tejeda / Almijara massif to the north and south. Others thought the cause might have been the collapse of underground cavities.
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The early hominids in the region would have moved from caves on the coast to caves in the Sierra de Tejeda on a seasonal basis. The 40,000 year old bones of a
Neanderthal man have been found in the Boquete de Zafarraya cave in
315:(yew) trees in the past.. There are a few remnants of these pines on La Maroma, including one at the Salto del Caballo near the peak. A small group is found in the upper part of the Barranco del Cañuelo in the municipality of
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Gutiérrez Larena, Belén; Fuertes
Aguilar, Javier; Nieto Feliner, Gonzalo (September 2006), "Dispersal across Southern Iberian Refugia? Integrating RAPDs, Sequence Data and Morphometrics in Armeria (Plumbaginaceae)",
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were almost completely destroyed. The epicenter was on the northern side of the Sierra Tejeda near Ventas de
Zefarraya, with a focus 12,300 metres (40,400 ft) deep. The pioneering geologist
456:. There are many plant species common to the western Sierra Nevada and the Tejeda/Almijara range, which may have migrated between these regions via the intermediate Sierra de las Guájaras.
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The mountains have relatively high levels of rainfall, with highest rainfall in
December, January and March, and lowest in July. Annual rainfall is 1,000 millimetres (39 in) in
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420:(La Maroma) is 2,065 metres (6,775 ft) high, and commands dramatic views of the surrounding mountains and the Mediterranean coast. The Pico Tejeda, commonly called
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cobbles and boulders up to 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) in diameter. The Sierra
Almijara and Sierra Tejeda form the southern margin of the western part of the
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is at the foot of the Sierra, at an altitude of 649 metres (2,129 ft), in the region between the marbles of the Sierra de Tejeda and the
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sediments exposed in the northwest of the
Granada basin were washed down by the CacĂn from the Alpujarride reliefs of the Almijara/Tejeda.
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UdĂas, AgustĂn (2013), "Development Of
Seismology In Spain In The Context Of The Three Large Earthquakes Of 1755, 1884 And 1954",
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286:. It covers an area of 6,755 square kilometres (2,608 sq mi). The Sierre de Tejeda lies to the southeast of the
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The Sierra de Tejeda is a small mountain range running in a northwest to southeast direction. It lies in the east of the
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to the west it constitutes a limestone massif that acts as a physical border between the two provinces, separating the
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had an estimated magnitude of 6.5. There were 745 deaths, and the villages of
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deposits up to 30 metres (98 ft) thick of conglomerates, sands and
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10 Años de Estudio Sobre Taxus Baccata (Tejo) y la Sierra de Tejeda
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The Sierra de Tejeda is in the central section of the
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827:"Sierras de Alhama, Tejeda and Almijara Natural Park"
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Parque natural Sierras de Tejeda, Almijara y Alhama
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Sierras of Tejeda, Almijara and Alhama Natural Park
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350:The most common rock in the Sierra Tejeda is
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845:"Etapa 8, Canillas de Aceituno - Periana"
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787:Almellones, Javier (23 February 2019),
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335:age. The folds are cut by WSW-directed
814:(in Spanish), Junta de Andalucia, 2016
369:. The bioclastic calcarenites contain
234:of mountains between the provinces of
899:Gibbons, Wes; Moreno, Teresa (2002),
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583:Parque natural ... Junta de AndalucĂa
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1082:Geography of the Province of Granada
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1087:Geography of the Province of Málaga
1002:10.17704/eshi.32.2.f1168212m214l532
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1037:Current Developments in Bioerosion
851:(in Spanish), Diputación de Málaga
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905:, Geological Society of London,
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713:Sierra De Tejeda: Subida Norte
305:" refers to the abundance of
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1072:Mountain ranges of Andalusia
290:and to the northwest of the
242:in Spain. Together with the
56:2,066 m (6,778 ft)
511:Wisshak & Tapanila 2008
230:is a mountain range in the
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390:1884 Andalusian earthquake
624:Gibbons & Moreno 2002
282:and the southwest of the
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935:(3), Springer: 305–322,
648:GarcĂa Alix et al. 2009
406:José Macpherson y Hemas
16:Mountain range in Spain
990:Earth Sciences History
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84:36.904910°N 4.036516°W
612:10 Años de Estudio...
600:10 Años de Estudio...
375:depression of Granada
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256:depression of Granada
902:The Geology of Spain
795:(in Spanish), Málaga
471:Canillas de Aceituno
426:Canillas de Aceituno
246:to the east and the
161:Autonomous community
89:36.904910; -4.036516
877:2009Palai..24..544G
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398:Ventas de Zafarraya
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941:10.1007/BF02904944
292:Sierra de Almijara
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36:Highest point
1077:Penibaetic System
1047:978-3-540-77598-0
929:Folia Geobotanica
912:978-1-86239-110-9
825:Arenas, Antonio,
434:Alhama de Granada
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379:CacĂn River
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329:Betic Range
191:Age of rock
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62:Coordinates
1066:Categories
1027:2019-08-14
981:2019-08-16
964:2019-08-14
855:2019-05-18
837:2019-08-15
818:2019-08-17
799:2019-08-16
793:Diario Sur
780:2019-08-18
684:UdĂas 2013
672:UdĂas 2013
660:UdĂas 2013
364:bioclastic
301:The name "
220:formations
218:Calcareous
72:36°54′18″N
1053:16 August
976:AristaSur
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422:La Maroma
352:limestone
345:Tortonian
341:anticline
254:from the
171:Provinces
165:Andalusia
115:Geography
106:Etymology
75:4°02′11″W
52:Elevation
45:La Maroma
1010:24140011
949:25134150
893:40606444
636:Williams
467:AlcaucĂn
446:AlcaucĂn
430:AlcaucĂn
383:Pliocene
317:AlcaucĂn
266:Location
252:AxarquĂa
873:Bibcode
865:PALAIOS
761:Sources
752:Etapa 8
568:Etapa 8
484:Salares
480:Sedella
440:Climate
323:Geology
303:Tejeda'
284:Granada
240:Granada
185:Geology
179:Granada
153:Country
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418:Tejeda
371:marble
356:Middle
337:faults
280:Málaga
236:Málaga
175:Málaga
100:Naming
1006:JSTOR
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889:JSTOR
812:(PDF)
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313:tejos
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