{{Short description|Geographical region in Catalonia}} [[File:Catmorfo.png|thumb|250px|Geomorphologic map of Catalonia (The green Southern Zone extends 80 km further south into the Valencian community): {{unbulleted list |{{legend2|#ff3f3f|Pyrenees}} |{{legend2|#ffa545|Pre-Pyrenees}} |{{legend2|#fff915|Catalan Central Depression}} |{{legend2|#d8c03d|Smaller mountain ranges of the Central Depression }} |{{legend2|#917654|Catalan Transversal Range}} |{{legend2|#487048|Catalan Pre-Coastal Range}} |{{legend2|#679772|Catalan Coastal Range}} |{{legend2|#a0d486|Catalan Coastal Depression and other coastal and pre-coastal plains}} }}]] The '''Catalan Mediterranean System''', also known as '''Mediterranean System''', '''Transversal Ibero-Pyrenaean System''', and '''Catalanid System''',<ref>Josep Guitart i Duran, Maria del Tura Bolòs et al. ''Història agrària dels Països Catalans (Volum 1) Antiguitat'', 2005, {{ISBN|978-84-475-2895-0}}</ref> is a wide coastal geographical region in Catalonia. It is made up of a double system of coastal mountain chains: The Catalan Coastal Range and the Catalan Pre-Coastal Range, as well as the Catalan Coastal Depression and other coastal and pre-coastal plains located among those mountain ranges.
==Geology== Geologically the Catalan Mediterranean System is the result of a tectonic uplift, about 300 km long and roughly 50 km wide.
Transversally the system can be divided in three zones: *Northern Zone, between the Empordà comarca and the Llobregat. This zone is of paleozoic and crystalline composition *Central Zone, between rivers Llobregat and Ebre *Southern Zone, between the Baix Ebre comarca and the Millars River in the Valencian Community. Both the central and the southern zone are of mesozoic and tertiary composition.
==See also== *Catalan Coastal Range *Catalan Pre-Coastal Range *Catalan Coastal Depression
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==External links== * [http://www.grec.cat/cgibin/heccl2.pgm?USUARI=&SESSIO=&PGMORI=&NDCHEC=0224004 El Relleu - Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana]{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20101210135810/http://www.torredelpalau.org/guiacat/pg/308_13_6.html Sistema Mediterrani Català - Fundació Torre del Palau] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20081006202842/http://www.focverd.org/mf_medi_fisic/rg_regions_naturals.htm#sistema_mediterrani El Sistema Mediterrani - Regions Naturals de Catalunya] {{coord|41|41|21.56|N|2|34|39.6|E|type:mountain_region:ES-CT|display=title}} {{Mountain ranges of Spain}}
Category:Geography of Catalonia