La Pedriza is a granite massif on the southern slopes of the Sierra de Guadarrama in the Community of Madrid, Spain, and ranks among the largest granitic ranges in Europe. Geological weathering has carved its rock into a vast field of strangely rounded boulders, cliffs and outcrops spread across some 32 square kilometers within the Regional Park of the Manzanares River basin. The formation's maze of granite towers and boulder fields has made it one of the most popular rock climbing destinations in Spain, with close to a thousand recorded routes.
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Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Orogeny via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.
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Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Geomorphology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.
Source Wikidata: La Pedriza
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The 32 square kilometres occupied by La Pedriza lie within the Regional Park of the high river basin of the Manzanares, the largest park in the Community of Madrid.
Wikidata: La Pedriza
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