Sierras de Tejeda - Almijara y Alhama natural park
The 40,600 hectares of Tejeda, Almijara and Alhama Sierras Natural Park (Parque Natural Sierras de Tejeda, Almijara y Alhama), is an impressive mountainous mass which forms a geographical barrier between the provinces of Malaga and Granada. In the former province it is the highest section of the Axarquia region, while in the latter it descends to Alhama de Granada. It is home to Tejeda and Almira National Game Reserve (Reserva Nacional de Caza de Tejeda y Almijara).
In the western extreme of Sierra Tejeda, solid limestone predominates, with the presence of some Eocene terrain made up of sandstone and marly limestone. Sierra Almijara, the largest and most easterly, contains dolomitic marble formations which constitute one of the foremost examples of this type of mass in the country.
The landscape is rugged and craggy, with large, pronounced slopes alternating with the characteristic rows of summits which run parallel to the coast, marking out valleys and deep ravines. One of the areas with largest number of caves in the province of Malaga is to be found here. Sierra Tejeda has the highest peak in the area, the famous La Maroma (2.080 metres).
Flora
Forests of black Mediterranean pines (Pinus pinaster) and Pinus nigra. Mediterranean juniper scrub. Forests of holm oaks, cork oaks, gall oaks and Pyreness oaks. Brushwood containing mountain brooms, maples, service trees, yews and Scots pines, barberries, honyesuckles and rosaceous mountain plants. Sub-desert brambles and marine cliff vegetation, consisting of areas of gravel and dolomitic sands.
Fauna
The best-known animal in these mountain ranges is the mountain goat. Birdlife is also worthy of mention, with the golden eagle, Hieraetus fasciatus, Aquila heliaca and Circaetus gallicus eagles, the peregrine falcon and goshawk, nightjar, black, grey and golden wheater, Monticola saxatilis and Monticola solitarius. The common squirrel is a recent arrival
Towns and villages
Malaga: Alcaucin, Canillas de Aceituno, Canillas de Albaida, Competa, Frigiliana, Nerja, Salares, Sedella.
Granada: Alhama de Granada, Arenas del Rey, Jayena and Otivar
Sierra de Tejeda Natural Park Map
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