View from the access road to Pico de los Reales in NW direction. The forest in the foreground of the photo, at an elevation of approx. 1200 m asl, is dominated by Pinus pinaster, in this case growing on peridotite. The Sierra Bermeja forms the largest outcrop of ultrabasic rocks in the western part of Europe. These rocks once formed in the Earth's mantle. They were uplifted in the course of subduction processes, and came to the surface as the overlying rocks were eroded.

Keywords

cloudscape, conifer, mountainscape, non-tropical montane forest, plant, plutonic rocks, Zonobiome IV

Created

Tuesday 11 February 2020 by Martin Mergili in Europe / Spain (3102 visits)