Sierra de Solorio

{{Short description|Mountain range}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Solorio Range | image = Maranchón.jpg | image_caption =Winter landscape of the range in [[Maranchón]] | highest = [[Alto de San Sebastián]] | elevation_m= 1366 | elevation_ref=<ref>[http://tierra.rediris.es/CuaternarioyGeomorfologia/images/vol10_2/cuaternario10(3-4)_03_.pdf Los Poljes de la región de Layna (Cordillera Ibérica Noroccidental)]</ref> | listing = | parent = [[Sistema Ibérico|Iberian System]], western zone | map = Spain | map_caption = Location in Spain | label_position = | location = [[Zaragoza Province|Zaragoza]], [[Aragon]]<br/> [[Soria Province|Soria]], [[Castile and León]]<br/> [[Guadalajara Province|Guadalajara]], [[Castile-La Mancha]] | coordinates = {{coord|41|05|N|2|11|W|region:ES_type:mountain|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = | geology=[[Conglomerate (geology)|Conglomerate]], [[clay]] | age=[[Mesozoic]] | orogeny=[[Alpine orogeny]] | range_coordinates = | range_coordinates_ref= | length_km= 54 | length_orientation= ENE/WSW | width_km= 18 | width_orientation=NNW/SSE | easiest_route = From the towns of [[Maranchón]] or [[Luzón]] }} The '''Solorio Range''' ({{langx|es|Sierra de Solorio}}) is a mountain range located in the western side of the [[Iberian System]], [[Spain]]. It straddles [[Aragon]], [[Castile-La Mancha]] and [[Castile and León]].

==Description== The ridge is roughly aligned in an E-W direction. Its northern boundary is marked by the [[Jalón River]] and its southern by the [[Sierra de Selas]] and the [[Parameras de Molina]]; the eastern limits are at the [[Piedra River, Spain|Piedra River]] and the [[La Tranquera Dam]], from where the ridge extends westwards until reaching [[Sierra Ministra]].

There is very low population density in the area as villages are few and sparsely inhabited.<ref>[https://viajesenmifurgo.blogspot.com/2010/01/la-sierra-de-soloriosoria-mountains-of.html The Mountains of Solorio, Soria]</ref>

This mountain chain divides the [[Atlantic]] from the [[Mediterranean]] watershed, with rivers [[Tajuña]], a tributary of the [[Tagus]], and the [[Mesa River]], a tributary of the [[Piedra (Spain)|Piedra]] which is part of the [[Ebro]] system, having their sources in this range. In the Sierra de Solorio there is the largest [[Spanish Juniper]] forest in Europe. The [[Common Juniper]] is also found in the range.<ref>[https://mundoarbol.blogspot.com/2011/03/arboles-de-espana-curiosidades-03-la.html El Sabinar más extenso de Europa]</ref>

===Summits=== None of the Sierra de Solorio summits are very conspicuous, for their [[prominence]] rarely surpasses 300 m. Its highest point is [[Alto de San Sebastián]] (1,366 m). Other notable summits are [[Veracruz, Sierra de Solorio|Veracruz]] (1.355 m.) located south of [[Luzón]], [[Las Papas]] (1.351 m.) between [[Judes]] and [[Maranchón]], [[Alto de la Calera]] (1.308 m.) between [[Iruecha]] and [[Codes, Spain|Codes]], [[Alto de Judes]] (1.293 m.) east of Judes, [[Sima de Calmarza]] (1.039 m.) east of [[Calmarza]], [[Cabeza del Águila]] (1.022 m.) north of Calmarza and [[Loma del Camarero]] (949 m.) north of [[Jaraba]]. There is a [[mountain pass]] at Maranchón. ==Features== <gallery mode=packed heights=150> File:EL SABINAR.jpg|Spanish Juniper trees in the range File:Embalse de La Tranquera.jpg|View of the eastern end of the range at La Tranquera Dam File:Maranchón Complex Windpark.JPG|[[Wind farm]] on top of the ridge near Maranchón </gallery> ==See also== *[[Iberian System]] *[[Mountains of Aragon]]

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==External links== *{{commons category inline}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20081120182607/http://www.arcosdejalon.com/natura/solorio.htm Por la Sierra de Solorio - Hiking in the Mountains of Solorio] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090813221326/http://centros5.pntic.mec.es/ies.ribera.del.jalon/orientacion/excursion_sabinar.htm Hiking in Sierra de Solorio]

[[Category:Mountain ranges of the Sistema Ibérico|Solorio]] [[Category:Mountain ranges of Aragon|Solorio]] [[Category:Mountain ranges of Castilla–La Mancha|Solorio]] [[Category:Mountain ranges of Castile and León|Solorio]]