Sierra de la Alfaguara

Sierra de la Alfaguara
Sierra de la Alfaguara
	Scots Pine in the Sierra de la Alfaguara
Highest point
Coordinates	37°15′57″N03°31′49″W / 37.26583°N 3.53028°W Coordinates: 37°15′57″N03°31′49″W / 37.26583°N 3.53028°W
Geography
	Sierra de la Alfaguara Location in Spain
Location	Granada Province, Andalusia
Country	Spain
Parent range	Subbaetic System
Geology
Age of rock	Cenozoic and Mesozoic
Mountain type	Limestone

Last updated February 22, 2019

The Sierra de la Alfaguara is a mountain range in the Cordillera Subbética, beside the Sierra de Huétor in southern Spain. It lies within the Parque Natural de la Sierra de Huétor y la Alfaguara.^[1]

The Sierra de Huétor is a mountain range of the Baetic System in Granada Province, Andalusia, Spain.

Location

The mountain range rises above the town of Alfacar.^[2] Scenes from the movie Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade were filmed on the mountain.

Alfacar is a historic town approximately 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) from the city of Granada, in the autonomous Spanish region of Andalucia. In the 2005 census, INE reported its population as 5107 inhabitants. The town is on the edge of the Sierra de Huétor Natural Park and is in a region of intensive olive production. The town is 920 metres (3,020 ft) above sea level, but the local fossil record contains marine molluscs that show the profound geological forces that have shaped the region.

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is a 1989 American action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg, from a story co-written by executive producer George Lucas. It is the third installment in the Indiana Jones franchise. Harrison Ford reprises the title role and Sean Connery plays Indiana's father, Henry Jones, Sr. Other cast members featured include Alison Doody, Denholm Elliott, Julian Glover, River Phoenix, and John Rhys-Davies. In the film, set largely in 1938, Indiana searches for his father, a Holy Grail scholar, who has been kidnapped by Nazis.

The range contains the Arboretum La Alfaguara, formerly a tree nursery that supplied mainly coniferous plants for the reforestation of the entire Sierra de Huétor.

The Arboretum La Alfaguara was formerly a tree nursery in the Sierra de la Alfaguara, in Alfacar near Granada in Spain. It contains samples of many of the trees that are scattered throughout the Sierra and the surrounding mountain ranges.

The Darro River rises in this range, a short tributary of the Genil River.

Environment

The original vegetation of the range was largely destroyed by over-exploitation for forestry and livestock raising, and by wildfires. Most of the trees now are species of pine that were used in reforestation. There are also cedars and firs, mixed with native trees such as oak or gall.

A wildfire or wildland fire is a fire in an area of combustible vegetation occurring in rural areas. Depending on the type of vegetation present, a wildfire can also be classified more specifically as a brush fire, bushfire, desert fire, forest fire, grass fire, hill fire, peat fire, vegetation fire, and veld fire.

Wildlife includes wild boar and abundant herds of goats, which can be seen at surprisingly close range.^[2] The mountain is also home to other animal species such as badgers and weasels, as well as bobcat, marten and genet.^[3]

The wild boar, also known as the wild swine, Eurasian wild pig, or simply wild pig, is a suid native to much of Eurasia, North Africa, and the Greater Sunda Islands. Human intervention has spread its distribution further, making the species one of the widest-ranging mammals in the world, as well as the most widely spread suiform. Its wide range, high numbers, and adaptability mean that it is classed as least concern by the IUCN and it has become an invasive species in part of its introduced range. The animal probably originated in Southeast Asia during the Early Pleistocene, and outcompeted other suid species as it spread throughout the Old World.

Badger informal group of mammals, use Q10328397 for Melinae

Badgers are short-legged omnivores in the family Mustelidae, which also includes the otters, polecats, weasels, and wolverines. They belong to the caniform suborder of carnivoran mammals. The 11 species of badgers are grouped in three subfamilies: Melinae, Mellivorinae, and Taxideinae. The Asiatic stink badgers of the genus Mydaus were formerly included within Melinae, but recent genetic evidence indicates these are actually members of the skunk family, placing them in the taxonomic family Mephitidae.

A weasel is a mammal of the genus Mustela of the family Mustelidae. The genus Mustela includes the least weasels, polecats, stoats, ferrets and minks. Members of this genus are small, active predators, with long and slender bodies and short legs. The family Mustelidae is often referred to as the "weasel family". In the UK, the term "weasel" usually refers to the smallest species, the least weasel (M. nivalis).

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References

↑ Francisco Valle, Consuelo Díaz de la Guardia. "Parque Natural de la Sierra de Huétor y la Alfaguara". Waste. Retrieved 2012-03-31.
1 2 Belén Rico. "Cuevas y cruces de la Sierra de la Alfaguara". Turismo Granada. Archived from the original on 2012-06-29. Retrieved 2012-03-31.
↑ "Sierra de la Alfaguara". Rutas De Cine. Retrieved 2012-03-31.

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[Waste-1] Francisco Valle, Consuelo Díaz de la Guardia. "Parque Natural de la Sierra de Huétor y la Alfaguara". Waste. Retrieved 2012-03-31.

[turismo-2] 1 2 Belén Rico. "Cuevas y cruces de la Sierra de la Alfaguara". Turismo Granada. Archived from the original on 2012-06-29. Retrieved 2012-03-31.

[rutascine-3] "Sierra de la Alfaguara". Rutas De Cine. Retrieved 2012-03-31.