| Montes de Toledo | |
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View of Sierra de Villuercas from Castañar de Ibor
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| Country | Spain |
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| Communities | Castile-La Mancha and Extremadura |
| Highest point | La Villuerca |
| - elevation | 1,603 m (5,259 ft) |
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| Orogeny | Alpine |
| Period | Tertiary |
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The Montes de Toledo are one of the main systems of mountain ranges in Spain. They divide the drainage basin of the Tagus from the basin of the Guadiana.
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They are located in the central regions of the Iberian Peninsula, cutting transversally from east to west across the lower portion of the Meseta Central. They also form one of the natural limits of the historical La Mancha region in Castile-La Mancha.
The length of the Montes de Toledo is 350 km and their maximum width up to 100 km near Sonseca and Puertollano. The highest peak is La Villuerca, 1,603 m located in Sierra de Villuercas subrange, also known as Sierra de Guadalupe, Las Villuercas, in the province of Cáceres. Other subranges are: Sierra de Altamira, Sierra de Montánchez, Sierra de San Mamede and Sierra de San Pedro. The geological formation of this range is similar to the Sierra Morena range further south.
There is also a comarca in the Toledo Province known as Montes de Toledo. Despite its name this comarca only includes a small part of the range.