Catalan Mediterranean System

The Catalan Mediterranean System, also known as Mediterranean System, Transversal Ibero-Pyrenaean System, and Catalanid System,[1] is a wide coastal geographical region in Catalonia. It is made up of a double system of coastal mountain chains: The Catalan Coastal Range and the Catalan Pre-Coastal Range, as well as the Catalan Coastal Depression and other coastal and pre-coastal plains located among those mountain ranges.

Geomorphologic map of Catalonia (The green Southern Zone extends 80 km further south into the Valencian community):

•   Pyrenees
•   Pre-Pyrenees
•   Catalan Central Depression
•   Smaller mountain ranges of the Central Depression
•   Catalan Transversal Range
•   Catalan Pre-Coastal Range
•   Catalan Coastal Range
•   Catalan Coastal Depression and other coastal and pre-coastal plains

Geology

Geologically the Catalan Mediterranean System is the result of a tectonic uplift, about 300 km long and roughly 50 km wide.

Transversally the system can be divided in three zones:

• Northern Zone, between the Empordà comarca and the Llobregat. This zone is of paleozoic and crystalline composition
• Central Zone, between rivers Llobregat and Ebre
• Southern Zone, between the Baix Ebre comarca and the Millars River in the Valencian Community. Both the central and the southern zone are of mesozoic and tertiary composition.

See also

• Catalan Coastal Range
• Catalan Pre-Coastal Range
• Catalan Coastal Depression

References

1. Josep Guitart i Duran, Maria del Tura Bolòs et al. Història agrària dels Països Catalans (Volum 1) Antiguitat, 2005, ISBN 978-84-475-2895-0

External links

• El Relleu - Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana
• Sistema Mediterrani Català - Fundació Torre del Palau
• El Sistema Mediterrani - Regions Naturals de Catalunya