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18-705: Its source is in the Sierra de Alhama in the Province of Granada , from which it drains the depression of Antequera , flowing for 166 kilometres (103 mi) through southern Andalusia into the Mediterranean west of the city of Málaga . It has the greatest volume of flow of any river in the Costa del Sol region after the Guadiaro . It forms the 7-kilometre (4 mi) long canyon of Desfiladero de los Gaitanes ,

36-740: 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 Alcaucín . The Sierra de Tejeda is in the central section of the Betic Range of Southern Spain. This part of the Betic cordilla has folds verging southwards from the Burdigalian age. The folds are cut by WSW-directed faults caused by extensional detachments in

54-531: A spectacular gorge with sheer walls towering up to 400 metres (1,300 ft) in places, before continuing through the Hoya de Málaga . Over its course, it passes through the towns of Villanueva del Trabuco , Villanueva del Rosario , Archidona , Antequera , Alhaurín el Grande , Alhaurín de la Torre , Almogía , Álora , Cártama , Coín , Pizarra and Valle de Abdalajís , forming the comarca of Valle del Guadalhorce ; then bifurcates shortly before it reaches

72-567: Is 1,000 millimetres (39 in) in Alcaucín . 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. Annual average temperature at the Pantano de los Bermejales station at the foot of the Sierra

90-492: 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 La Maroma , is also known as the "roof of Málaga". The name is derived from a large and deep cavity near the top. Ropes (maromas) were used to climb down into it to collect snow. The mountain can be climbed by several routes, of which the most traditional starts from

108-688: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a river in Spain is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Sierra de Alhama Sierra de Alhama is a mountain range of the Penibaetic System in Málaga and Granada provinces, Andalusia , Spain . Its highest point is the 1,500 m high Pico de la Torca . Other notable summits are Hoyo del Toro , 1,353 m, Cerro de Marchamonas , 1,272 m and Morrón de la Cuna 1,222 m. This karstic mountain range

126-472: 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 xeric . 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. The early hominids in the region would have moved from caves on

144-459: Is part of the ranges in the interior area of Axarquia . It stretches between the Sierra del Jobo and the 1,040 m high Puerto de los Alazores mountain pass in the west and the Sierra de Tejeda in the east with the corridor of Periana between them. The Guadalhorce river has its sources in this range. The Sierra de Alhama also includes the Boquete de Zafarraya an important pass at 992 m in

162-650: The Pliocene , this connection was severed by the creation of the Sierra of Mijas and the Montes de Málaga , while also creating the geologically isolated Sierra of Cártama . Throughout the rest of the Pliocene, the river basin eventually took on its current form. 36°39′58″N 4°27′18″W  /  36.666°N 4.455°W  / 36.666; -4.455 This article about a location in Andalusia, Spain,

180-714: The Sierra de Tejeda anticline , and the fault surfaces are in turn cut by later NNW-directed faults from the Tortonian age. The most common rock in the Sierra Tejeda is limestone . The rocks belong to the Alpujarride complex. They include Middle and Late Miocene deposits up to 30 metres (98 ft) thick of conglomerates, sands and bioclastic calcarenites . The bioclastic calcarenites contain marble cobbles and boulders up to 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) in diameter. The Sierra Almijara and Sierra Tejeda form

198-723: The center of Canillas de Aceituno . Other routes start from the Alcázar recreational area and from the Llanadas de Sedella in the municipality of Alcaucín . One of the simplest routes is on its north face in the territory of Alhama de Granada , starting from the El Robledal recreational area. The mountains have relatively high levels of rainfall, with highest rainfall in December, January and March, and lowest in July. Annual rainfall

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216-460: 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 Alcaucín , in a spur of the Sierra de Alhama just west of the Sierra de Tejeda. Canillas de Aceituno 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

234-400: The mountainous region of Axarquía. This article about a location in Andalusia, Spain, is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Sierra de Tejeda The Sierra de Tejeda is a mountain range in the Penibaetic System of mountains between the provinces of Málaga and Granada in Spain. Together with the Sierra de Almijara to the east and the Sierra de Alhama to

252-648: The sea. A portion of the river is diverted to provide water and power to the city of Málaga. Near its mouth the remains of a Phoenician settlement were found at Cerro del Villar . During the Miocene era, the river's valley was actually an arm of the sea that connected the waters of the Mediterranean with those of the Atlantic Ocean through the Bética depression (now the valley of the Guadalquivir ). In

270-462: The southeast of the Sierra de Alhama and to the northwest of the Sierra de Almijara . The Sierras of Tejida and Almijara form a single range about 40 kilometres (25 mi) west of the Sierra Nevada . The mountains form part of a barrier between the coast and the interior. The name " Tejeda' " refers to the abundance of Taxus baccata , or tejos (yew) trees in the past.. There are

288-725: The southern margin of the western part of the depression of Granada , and contain tributaries of the Cacín River . Pliocene sediments exposed in the northwest of the Granada basin were washed down by the Cacín from the Alpujarride reliefs of the Almijara/Tejeda. The 1884 Andalusian earthquake had an estimated magnitude of 6.5. There were 745 deaths, and the villages of Arenas del Rey , Ventas de Zafarraya and Alhama de Granada were almost completely destroyed. The epicenter

306-726: The west it constitutes a limestone massif that acts as a physical border between the two provinces, separating the Axarquía from the depression of Granada . The mountains contain the Sierras of Tejeda, Almijara and Alhama Natural Park . The Sierra de Tejeda is a small mountain range running in a northwest to southeast direction. It lies in the east of the Málaga and the southwest of the Granada . It covers an area of 6,755 square kilometres (2,608 sq mi). The Sierre de Tejeda lies to

324-493: 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 José Macpherson y Hemas (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. The peak of Tejeda (La Maroma)

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