It is made up of a group of small mountain ranges in a SE-NW direction that are located around the city of Cáceres. Oval in shape, 15 km on the major axis and 7.5 km on the minor, it stands out as a small elevation on the broad Cáceres peneplain.
The presence of these mountains is due to the existence of the so-called “Sinclinal de Cáceres”, a geological structure built by two rocky quartzite bands, very hard and resistant to erosion, which stand out on the surrounding slate lands. Between the quartzite fringes there are fenced with small streams, highlighting the Valdeflores Valley for its environmental value.
The Synclinal Ensemble originates the highest points such as: the Risco de Sierra de Fuentes (664 meters above sea level), Cerro del Milano (664m.), Señorita (579m), Arropé (583m) or Romanos (523m. ).
The vegetation highly affected by livestock farming, deforestation and fires, is represented almost exclusively by the Mediterranean sclerophyllous forest, whose components show a series of adaptations to the severe summer drought.
There are very clear forests (holm oaks, cork oaks and olive trees), with a great proliferation of shrubs (strawberry trees, labiérnagos, hawthorn, rose hips, cornicabra, kermes oak, etc.)
And backpacks (rockrose, heather, brooms, gorse, torviscos, rosemary, lavender, etc.) adapted to the sun.
In addition, there are introduced and cultivated trees such as pines and pinyon and black, eucalyptus, chestnut and almond trees.
