NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Vallès Oriental

Vallès Oriental is a comarca (county) in Catalonia. Its capital is Granollers. Along with Vallès Occidental it forms the grand comarca of Vallès. This is a list of the comarques (singular comarca) of Catalonia. ... This article is about political regions. ... Barcelona is a province of eastern Spain, in the center of the autonomous community of Catalonia. ... In politics a capital (also called capital city or political capital — although the latter phrase has an alternative meaning based on an alternative meaning of capital) is the principal city or town associated with its government. ... Granollers is a city near Barcelona, Spain. ... A city is an urban area, differentiated from a town, village, or hamlet by size, population density, importance, or legal status. ... Granollers is a city near Barcelona, Spain. ... A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a people or the inhabitants of a place. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article explains the meaning of area as a physical quantity. ... Population density can be used as a measurement of any tangible item. ... This is a list of the comarques (singular comarca) of Catalonia. ... Capital Barcelona Official languages Spanish and Catalan In Val dAran, also Aranese. ... Granollers is a city near Barcelona, Spain. ... Vallès Occidental is a comarca (county) in Catalonia. ...

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Vegetation

The natural vegetation of Vallès Oriental is typically Mediterranean, with a predominance of Holm oak, Cork oak, and Aleppo Pine. There are some oaks (in the narrow sense of the word) at Montnegre and Montseny. The latter also features European Beech and Silver Fir woods. The Mediterranean Sea is an intercontinental sea positioned between Europe to the north, Africa to the south and Asia to the east, covering an approximate area of 2. ... Binomial name Quercus ilex L. The Holm Oak Quercus ilex L., also called Holly oak or Evergreen Oak, is a large evergreen oak native to the Mediterranean region. ... Binomial name Quercus suber L. The Cork Oak (Quercus suber) is a medium sized, evergreen oak tree in the section Quercus sect. ... Binomial name Pinus halepensis Miller The Aleppo Pine (Pinus halepensis) is a pine native to the Mediterranean region. ... This article is about oaks (Quercus desert-oak is unrelated, and instead belongs to the genus Allocasuarina. ... Binomial name Fagus sylvatica L. The European Beech or Common Beech (Fagus sylvatica) is a deciduous tree belonging to the family Fagaceae. ... Binomial name Abies alba Mill. ...

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