# Prebaetic System > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Prebaetic_System > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Prebaetic_System.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prebaetic_System > Source revision: 1355494211 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) System of mountain ranges in the southern Iberian Peninsula Prebaetic System Sistema Prebético La Sagra seen from Sierra Seca Highest point Peak La Sagra Elevation 2,382 m (7,815 ft) Dimensions Length 360 km (220 mi) ENE/WSW Width 100 km (62 mi) NNW/SSE Geography Prebaetic System Location in Spain Country Spain Regions Andalusia, Region of Murcia, Castile-La Mancha, Valencian Community Range coordinates 37°57′N 2°34′W / 37.950°N 2.567°W / 37.950; -2.567 Parent range Baetic System Geology Orogeny Alpine orogeny Rock age Cenozoic Rock types Schist, granite and slate Schematic representation of the Baetic System of mountain ranges 1,956 m high [Aguilón del Loco](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aguil%C3%B3n_del_Loco&action=edit&redlink=1), one of the highest peaks in [Sierra de Cazorla](/source/Sierra_de_Cazorla) The **Prebaetic System** ([Spanish](/source/Spanish_language): *Sistemas Prebéticos* or *Sistema Prebético*, also often referred to simply as *Prebético*[1]) is a system of mountain ranges that forms the northeasternmost prolongation of the [Baetic System](/source/Baetic_System) in the southern [Iberian Peninsula](/source/Iberian_Peninsula). ## Geography Although it is sometimes referred to as *Cordillera Prebética*, it is not a proper cordillera, or continuous alignment of ranges, but a broken system of mountain ranges. Unlike the other two subsystems of the Baetic System, it is not present in the western area, but begins west of the eastern edge of the [Sierra Sur de Jaén](/source/Sierra_Sur_de_Ja%C3%A9n) near [Martos](/source/Martos). The Prebaetic System runs along eastern interior [Andalusia](/source/Andalusia), across the [Region of Murcia](/source/Region_of_Murcia), reaching the [Mediterranean Sea](/source/Mediterranean_Sea) shores in the southern [Valencian Community](/source/Valencian_Community).[2] Its highest point is [La Sagra](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=La_Sagra_(peak)&action=edit&redlink=1), [Sierra de la Sagra](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sierra_de_la_Sagra&action=edit&redlink=1); other high ranges are [Sierra de Segura](/source/Sierra_de_Segura) and [Sierra de Cazorla](/source/Sierra_de_Cazorla). The [Sierra de María](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sierra_de_Mar%C3%ADa&action=edit&redlink=1) in northern [Almeria Province](/source/Almeria_Province) runs across the Prebaetic and the Penibaetic System, overlapping with both. ## Geology [Geologically](/source/Geologically) the Prebaetic System shares similar characteristics to its parent system, the [Subbaetic System](/source/Subbaetic_System) and it is considered its eastern offshoot. The materials that compose it were formed in a relatively shallow sea.[3] The [Iberian System](/source/Iberian_System) rises north of the eastern part of the Prebaetic System. ## Main mountain ranges Some of the mountain ranges that make up the Prebaetic complex are, from west to east: - [Sierra Sur de Jaén](/source/Sierra_Sur_de_Ja%C3%A9n), overlapping with the [Sistema Subbético](/source/Sistema_Subb%C3%A9tico) - [Sierra Mágina](/source/Sierra_M%C3%A1gina) - [Sierra de la Sagra](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sierra_de_la_Sagra&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Sierra de Cazorla](/source/Sierra_de_Cazorla) - [Sierra de Segura](/source/Sierra_de_Segura) - [Sierra de Alcaraz](/source/Sierra_de_Alcaraz) - [Sierra de Castril](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sierra_de_Castril&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Sierra de Cabrilla](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sierra_de_Cabrilla&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Sierra Seca](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sierra_Seca&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Sierra del Taibilla](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sierra_del_Taibilla&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Sierra de María](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sierra_de_Mar%C3%ADa&action=edit&redlink=1), overlapping with the [Sistema Penibético](/source/Sistema_Penib%C3%A9tico). - [Serra de Crevillent](/source/Serra_de_Crevillent) - [Sierra de Orihuela](/source/Sierra_de_Orihuela) - [Sierra de Callosa](/source/Sierra_de_Callosa) - [Serra Mariola](/source/Serra_Mariola) - [Serra del Ferrer](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Serra_del_Ferrer&action=edit&redlink=1) - [La Carrasqueta](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=La_Carrasqueta&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Puig Campana](/source/Puig_Campana) - [Aitana](/source/Aitana_(mountain)) - [Maigmó Massif](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maigm%C3%B3_Massif&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Serrella](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Serrella&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Serra de la Xortà](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Serra_de_la_Xort%C3%A0&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Serra de la Penya-roja](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Serra_de_la_Penya-roja&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Montgó Massif](/source/Montg%C3%B3_Massif) - [Sierra de Bernia](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sierra_de_Bernia&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Penyal d'Ifac](/source/Penyal_d'Ifac) ## See also - [Baetic System](/source/Baetic_System) - [Geography of Spain](/source/Geography_of_Spain) - [Geology of the Iberian Peninsula](/source/Geology_of_the_Iberian_Peninsula) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Embalse del Taibilla](http://www.chsegura.es/chs/cuenca/infraestructuras/embalses/embalsedelTaibilla/marcoterritorial.html) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Edited by W Gibbons & T Moreno, *Geology of Spain*, 2002, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-86239-110-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-86239-110-9) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Morfología kárstica del sector oriental del Prebético andaluz](http://aguas.igme.es/igme/publica/libro103/pdf/lib103/capiII_04.pdf) ## External links - [Cuenca del Guadalquivir](http://aguas.igme.es/igme/publica/libro20/pdf/lib20/c_guadal_1.pdf) - [Past and present potential distribution of the Iberian Abies species: a phytogeographic approach using fossil pollen data and species distribution models](http://www.upo.es/export/portal/com/bin/portal/upo/profesores/jclincal/profesor/1266844111484_ddi_636x1x.pdf) - [Michael Deusch, Axel Friebe & Manfred Krautter (1991): *The Spongiolithic Facies in the Middle and Upper Jurassic of Spain* - Abstract](https://web.archive.org/web/20110719111126/http://www.geologie.uni-stuttgart.de/abstracts/deuschetal.html) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Prebaetic System](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prebaetic_System) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prebaetic_System?action=history)). 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