Prelims ask
Three political units: Spain, France, Andorra. Aneto, not Mont Blanc.
Europe · Young fold
Pyrenees
- Countries
- Spain and France, with Andorra between them.
- Length
- About 430 km.
- Orientation
- East–west.
- Mountain type
- Young fold
- Plates
- Iberian microplate against Eurasia, part of the Alpine collision system.
- Highest peak
- Aneto, 3,404 m, Spain.
- Rivers that rise here
- The Garonne rises on the Spanish side and flows to the Atlantic through France. The Segre and other Ebro tributaries drain the south.
- Climate and rain shadow
- A wall between Atlantic France and the drier Iberian interior. Northern slopes are wetter.
Mains use
A short east–west Alpine-age wall. Use only as a supporting example beside the Alps.