Editing Castilla–La Mancha (section)

=== Relief ===
The Meseta is the dominant landscape unit of a great part of the territory of Castilla–La Mancha: a vast, uniform plain with little relief.

The west-to-east [[Montes de Toledo]] range cuts across the meseta separating the (northern) [[Tagus]] and the (southern) [[Guadiana]] drainage basins. The most outstanding peaks of this modest mountain range include [[La Villuerca]] ({{convert|1601|m|sp=us|ft}}) and [[Rocigalgo]] ({{convert|1447|m|sp=us|ft}}).

In contrast, a more mountainous zone surrounds the Meseta and serves as the region's natural border. In the north of the [[Province of Guadalajara]], bordering Madrid and [[Segovia]], is a mountain range forming part of the [[Sistema Central]], among which can be distinguished the mountain ranges Pela, [[Sierra de Ayllón|Ayllón]], Somosierra, Barahona and Ministra, with the headwaters of the rivers [[Jarama]], [[Cañamares (river)|Cañamares]] and [[Henares]]. The Sistema Central also penetrates the northwest of the province of Toledo: a southwest to northeast sub-range known as the [[Sierra de San Vicente]], bordered on the north by the [[Tiétar (river)|Tiétar]] and on the south by the [[Alberche]] and the Tagus, rising up to its maximum heights at the summits of Cruces (1373 m), Pelados (1331 m) and San Vicente (1321 m).<ref>{{Cite journal|first=Paloma|last=Cantó|title=Estudio fitosociológico y biogeográfico de la sierra de San Vicente y tramo inferior del valle del Alberche (Toledo, España)|journal=Lazaroa|publisher=[[Complutense University of Madrid|Ediciones Complutense]]|location=Madrid|volume=25|issn=0210-9778|year=2004|url=https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/LAZA/article/view/LAZA0404110178A/9133|page=187}}</ref>

On the northwest is the [[Sistema Ibérico]], where there is important fluvial and especially [[karst]]ic activity, which has given rise to such landscapes as the [[Ciudad Encantada]], the [[Callejones de Las Majadas]] and the [[Hoces del Cabriel]].

In the southeast is the ridge of the Sierra Morena, the southern border of the Meseta Central and the region's border with [[Andalusia]]. Within the Sierra Morena, distinction can be made between the [[Sierra Madrona]], [[Sierra de Alcudia]] and [[Sierra de San Andrés]]. At the other southern extreme of Castilla–La Mancha, the [[Sierra de Alcaraz]] and [[Sierra del Segura]] form part of the [[Sistema Bético]].

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File:El Cardoso, picos 1.jpg|The Pico del Cervunal (foreground) and the Pico del Lobo (background) in [[El Cardoso de la Sierra]]. The Pico del Lobo stands as the tallest summit in the region at 2,273 metres above mean sea level.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.revistamedioambientejccm.es/images/pdf/macm19.pdf|journal=Castilla-La Mancha Medio Ambiente|title=Inicio del Plan de Ordenación de los Recursos Naturales de la Sierra Norte de Guadalajara|first=Juan|last=Sanz Martínez|page=3|issue=19|issn=1579-7589|year=2008}}</ref>
File:LA MANCHA CONSUEGRA.jpg|The ''meseta sur'' plateau in [[Consuegra]], Toledo.
File:09042009 164759 CEC 0091 - WLE Spain 2015.jpg|Natural land formations in [[Ciudad Encantada]].
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