Peak Vulturó Width 8 km (5.0 mi) N/S Elevation 2,648 m Province Province of Lleida Mountains Vulturó | Length 48 km (30 mi) E/W Highest point Vulturó | |
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Pedraforca serra del cad
The Serra del Cadí is a mountain range in the north of Catalonia, Spain, part of the Pre-Pyrenees. Its highest peak is the Vulturó, with an altitude of 2,648 metres (8,688 ft).
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- Pedraforca serra del cad
- Map of Serra del CadC3AD 25722 Lleida Spain
- Canal de l ordiguer canal del cristall serra del cad
- DescriptionEdit
- Protected areasEdit
- References
Map of Serra del Cad%C3%AD, 25722, Lleida, Spain
It stretches from east to west between Alt Urgell and Berguedà. The Llobregat River has its sources in Castellar de n'Hug at an altitude of 1,259 meters on the Serra del Cadí.
Canal de l ordiguer canal del cristall serra del cad
DescriptionEdit
Geologically the northern slopes are made up of Jurassic materials while the peaks are Eocene limestone. The southern face is an almost continuous series of sheer cliffs. The present structure formed during the Tertiary as a consequence of the orogenesis of the Pyrenees and is characterized by its Alpine folding.
This jagged mountain range was formerly a natural barrier hampering communication between Barcelona and Cerdanya, but the situation was resolved after the Cadí Tunnel was built together with the C-16 highway which follows the valley of the Llobregat.
Believed to be extinct in Catalonia, the first wolf in 80 years was found recently in the Serra del Cadí.
Protected areasEdit
Cadí-Moixeró Natural Park was created in July 1983 to protect the Serra del Cadí, as well as the adjacent Serra de Moixeró, Pedraforca mountain, and part of the Tosa d'Alp and Puigllançada.