Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB)
Las Sierras de Cazorla y Segura
This Biosphere Reserve and Natural Park includes the upper reaches of the Guadalquivir River together with a vast reservoir built for hydroelectric power generation and extensive mountains and forests The landscape is a mosaic of peaks valleys rocky gorges and vertical cliffs and displays many typical karst limestone features The Sierras of Cazorla Segura y las Villas are part of a great mountain massif dominated by several peaks over 2000 meters with Empanades being the highest The forests are particularly notable
Spain