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SPAIN’S GEOGRAPHY & LANDSCAPE

Educational Video This 5 minute video provides a brief insight into Spain’s geography and how it has influenced its history. Scan the QR code with your phone to watch!

meters) high. The highest mountain on the peninsula itself—Mulhacén—is part of the Sierra Nevada that cross Spain south of the city of Granada. The Sierra Nevada Mountains are as high as the Pyrenees: Mulhacén rises to 11,253 feet (3,430 meters), and many other peaks in this range also surpass 9,843 feet (3,000 meters). Other Spanish mountain ranges are the Sierra Morena, the Sistema Ibérico, the Cordillera Cantábrica, and the Sistema Penibético.

ABOVE: A reservoir high up in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. 12