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Encyclopedia > Sierra Nevada National Park (Spain)

The Parque Nacional Sierra Nevada (known as the Sierra Nevada National Park in English) is located in Spain. It stretches from Alpujarra to the Marquesado and the Lecrin Valley. Some of the mountain peaks reach up to over 3,000 meters. There are over 60 species of flower here that belong exclusively to the area. Here you will find a thriving Spanish ibex population along with other species, such as badger and wildcat. Popular activities include: skiing, hiking, climbing, paragliding, ibex watching and bird watching. The Sierra Nevada, meaning snowy range in Spanish, is a mountain range in the region of Andalusia in Spain. ... Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales, UK A national park is a reserve of land, usually declared and owned by a national government, protected from most human development and pollution. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... La Alpujarra (sometimes Las Alpujarras) is a mountainous district in Southern Spain, which stretches south from the Sierra Nevada mountains near Granada in the autonomous region of Andalusia. ... Mount McKinley (Denali) in Alaska (USA) has the highest visible base-to-summit elevation on Earth (approximately 5400 metres). ... For other articles with similar names, see Flower (disambiguation). ... Binomial name Capra pyrenaica Schinz, 1838 The Spanish ibex (Capra pyrenaica) is a type of ibex. ... Genera  Arctonyx  Melogale  Meles  Mellivora  Taxidea For other uses, see Badger (disambiguation). ... The term wildcat or wild cat may refer to several concepts: Wild Cat is a species of cat. ...


 

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