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and gall oak groves, while the northern slopes are covered with Scots pine and some remains of beech trees which have replaced the gall oak groves, this expansion has been spurred by the profitability that pine trees produce for the inhabitants of the villages in the area.
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the golden eagle, Egyptian vulture, peregrine falcon, Bonelli's eagle, stock dove, choughs, eagle owl, crag martin, alpine swift, etc. and among the mammals the wild boar, fox, badger, fuina, wild cat, genet and weasel, and more scarce but present, otters and roe deer.
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Borreguil (1420 m.a.s.l.), and the Sierra de Idocorry. Three rivers, the Esca, the
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structures folded and dipping in a southerly direction that, on occasions, become faulted. The limestones, being sandy, do not lend themselves to
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mountain range and is located in the northeast of the Comunidad Foral. It is 30 km long and has an east–west orientation.
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