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About Castilla y León

About Castilla y León
Geography and Population
Geography
Orography

Orography

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Castilla y León is located at the north side of the Iberian Plateau. Its orography, diverse and varied, gives rise to a great variety of climates and landscapes: plain, mountain, valley, forest, etc.

Source: Territorial Information Centre. Castilla y León regional Government

All the region is surrounded by impressive mountain chains; at north, the Cordillera Cantábrica with Picos de Europa; Montes de León to the northwest; at east the Sistema Ibérico and at south the Community territory borders with the Sistema Central, surrounding our generours plains, only altered by the system of the Montes Torozos at the center.

With an average altitude over the sea level of 830 metres, our higher peaks are over 2,500 metres, being remarkable Torrecerredo at Picos de Europa with an altitude of 2,648 metres.

Main altitudes of Castilla y León
	Peak	Height (m)
Cordillera Cantábrica	Torrecerredo (Picos de Europa)	2,648
	Torre del Llambrión (Picos de Europa)	2,642
	Peña Santa de Castilla (Picos de Europa)	2,596
	Peña Prieta	2,536
	Curavacas	2,52
	Peña Ubiña	2,417
	Valnera	1,707
Montes de León	Teleno	2,188
	Silla de la Yegua	2,135
	Peña Negra	2,124
Sistema Ibérico	Moncayo	2,313
	San Lorenzo (Sierra de la Demanda)	2,262
	Urbión	2,228
	Cebollera	2,146
	San Millán	2,131
Sistema Central	Almanzor (Sierra de Gredos)	2,592
	La Galana (Sierra de Gredos)	2,564
	Peñalara (Sierra de Guadarrama)	2,43
	La Mira (Sierra de Gredos)	2,348
	El Santo (La Serrota)	2,291
	Pico del Lobo (Sierra de Ayllón)	2,262
	Peña Cebollera (Somosierra)	2,129