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La Pedriza It is a region that has an outstanding interest geological, sporty and even scenic, located on the southern slope of the mountainous alignment known as Sierra de Guadarrama which is only accessed through Manzanares El Real, a Spanish municipality located northwest of the Spanish capital Madrid. La pedriza constitutes the largest granite grout in Europe, clustering in it infinity of cliffs, rocky walls, streams and meadows.

The territory that the Pedriza occupies is approximately 3,200 hectares, being inside the Regional Park of the Basin High of Manzanares, which turns out to be the largest space protected by the Madrid Community, especially by the flora Y fauna that reside in it, such as: birds of prey and reptiles, Mediterranean scrubs such as rockrose and others considered more typical of the high Mountain, like the broom.

Meanwhile, the uniqueness of this region is given by the particular and curious forms that the rocks have adopted as a consequence of the mechanical actions that were exerted on the rocks

, therefore, is that geologically it is considered a Berroqueño canchal made up of granite rocks of a particular pink color that were formed 300 million years ago.

Another special feature is that it is crossed by numerous streams and by the Manzanares riverAmong the most important streams are: Majadilla, Dehesilla, de los Huertos y Coberteros.

Regarding your weather it has been classified as continentalized mediterranean, which implies that it presents the typical rainfall regime of the Mediterranean climate, although with the characteristic of continental climates in terms of temperatures that are rather extreme. By not receiving the influence of the sea, the temperatures are more extreme. Winters are quite warm, reaching temperatures of 35 ° and very cold winters, being able to lower the temperature up to 0 °. Summer is the driest season.

In addition to the activity of the climbing, La Pedriza, is the center of another very popular practice whose primary objective is to bring people closer to rural areas and those areas considered as heritage historical for the beauty or uniqueness they exhibit: hiking.

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