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The terrain can
be divided into two distinct parts. On the one side there is the plateau, an
extensive flat land with very few mountains. The flatness of the plateau is
often broken by mountains such as the Toledo mountains, that include summits
such as Villuercas (1,601 m) and Rocigalgo (1,447 m). The most mountainous
part of the area, which encircles the plateau around the region's borders,
includes foothills along the massifs of the Central mountain range, the
Iberian mountain range and the Sierra Morena. Within Castile-La Mancha are
the southern foothills of the Gredos sierra, the mountainous areas of Cuenca
that stretch out towards the Iberian range, the mountainous terrain of
Ciudad Real, that stretches out towards Sierra Morena, and the southern
sierras of Albacete. Some of Spain's most important rivers run through
Castile-La Mancha. The Tagus and the Guadiana are two of the most important
that head westwards along the region. The Jucar river, which is the third
most important river of the area heads eastwards. A particularly notable
feature in the geography of the mountainous area of Cuenca are the rock
formations of the The Enchanted City (La Ciudad Encantada), The Majadas
Passageways (Los Callejones de las Majadas) and Las Torcas, all created by
erosion.
Fuente:
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