Sistema Central
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The Central System, Spanish and Portuguese: Sistema Central, is one of the main systems of mountain ranges in the Iberian Peninsula. The 2,592 m high Pico Almanzor is its highest summit.
View of La Serrota, 2.294 m, in Ávila Province
View of the Serra da Estrela, containing the highest point in continental Portugal
Alpine lake at Peñalara, Sierra de Guadarrama
A view of the Sierra de Gata peaks in the background over a mountain village
Meseta Central
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The Meseta Central is one of the basic geographical units of the Iberian Peninsula. It consists of a plateau covering a large part of the latter's interior.
Sistema Central
…the 40th parallel and its ranges divide the drainage basin of the Tagus from the basin of the Douro. The Sistema Central is a primary feature of the Meseta Central, the inner Iberian plateau, splitting the meseta into two parts. The Sistema Central runs in an ENE - WSW direction roughly along the southern border…
A landscape of the Meseta in May