4-468: El Turbón is a mountain massif of the Pre-Pyrenees , located in the province of Huesca , the most northerly province in the autonomous community of Aragon , Spain . This 6.3 km (4 mi) long mountain is aligned N - S. It is fairly easy to climb El Turbón, but it is better not to do so in mid summer when this great expanse of naked rock can reach very high temperatures. El Turbón has
8-410: A compact portion of a mountain range , containing one or more summits (e.g. France's Massif Central ). In mountaineering literature, a massif is frequently used to denote the main mass of an individual mountain. As a purely scientific term in geology , however, a "massif" is separately and more specifically defined as a section of a planet's crust that is demarcated by faults or flexures . In
12-474: A massive rocky limestone outcrop at its centre made of Cretaceous marl . There are caves and shafts in the mountain. The Isábena River flows on the eastern side, separating El Turbón massif from the Mountains of Sis range. [REDACTED] Media related to El Turbón at Wikimedia Commons Massif A massif ( / m æ ˈ s iː f , ˈ m æ s ɪ f / ) is a principal mountain mass, such as
16-454: The movement of the crust, a massif tends to retain its internal structure while being displaced as a whole. A massif is a smaller structural unit than a tectonic plate and is considered the fourth-largest driving force in geomorphology . The word "massif" originates from French (in which the word also means "massive"), where it is used to refer to a large mountain mass or compact group of connected mountains forming an independent portion of
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