The Pre-Pyrenees are the foothills of the Pyrenees .
4-739: The Catalan Transversal Range ( Serralada Transversal ) is a system of minor mountain ranges at the eastern end of the Pre-Pyrenees , between the Osona and Garrotxa comarques . The existence of the Catalan Transversal Range has made communications in the northern areas of Catalonia difficult in the past, especially between Northeastern Catalonia ( Catalan Coastal Depression , with cities like Girona , Figueres and La Jonquera ) and Western Catalonia ( Catalan Mediterranean System ; Lleida , Cervera and further west to Aragón ),
8-824: A problem that has been partly solved with the development of the Eix Transversal . The Catalan Transversal Range is made up of a series of mountains running in a NW / SE axis between the Pyrenees , the Sub-Pyrenees , the Catalan Pre-Coastal Range and the northern end of the Catalan Coastal Depression . The highest point is at Puigsacalm , 1.515 m. Its most characteristic feature is a small region of volcanic origin near Olot , Garrotxa. There are extinct volcanoes like
12-760: The French side the Pyrenees's slopes descend rather abruptly, thus on the northern side, the Pre-Pyrenees are confined to the Corbières Massif , towards the eastern end of the mountain system. The Massif de Plantaurel further west deserves mention as well, although not as clearly a foothill. On the Iberian side, however, the picture is very different: a large and complex system of foothill ranges stretches from Navarre , across northern Aragon , reaching
16-416: The conical-shaped Santa Margarida and Croscat , as well as basalt masses that originated in ancient lava flows at Castellfollit de la Roca . 41°55′N 2°33′E / 41.917°N 2.550°E / 41.917; 2.550 Pre-Pyrenees As a mountainous system the Pre-Pyrenees are part of the Pyrenees. They run parallel to the main mountain range in a west to east direction. On
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