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Geography: Tops and throats. The Tiétar, he gathers which first waters in the province of Madrid, feeds almost exclusively of that it receives of the straight margin since it is in the heights of the saw of Gredos wherefrom it flows the major quantity of water already be from of the rains, already be of the thaw of the big masses of snow accumulated during the winter. Like higher levels in the saw we have to indicate, in the Low Tiétar, in the oriental part to the hill of the Cabezo (2188), Cerro Peluca (2053), Riscos de Villarejo (2008) y Torozo (2026). In the central part of the mountainous clump Puerto del Peón (2035) and La Mira (2343) and, in the western zone, the culminating points of Almanzor and La Galana with 2592 and 2568 meters of height respectively. From the south there are relatively comfortable accesses for all these culminating points, except for the maximum tops of the mountain chain that it is two o'clock that we have mentioned in last place.

If the tops are showy for his elevation, there are natural phenomena in Gredos as the stones caballeras, the steep crags, the smooth and, launches especially, the tower that they attract, sometimes, with more force to whom he them meditates. In the south slope it is necessary to stand out, principally, the cuchillar of the Galayos, formed by a set of erect granites masses, which walls exceed in occasions three hundred meters for what they turn into powerful magnets for climbers eager for challenges. This way, in the Galayar, to which generally it is raised by the Nogal del Barranco, within

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