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Sierra Nevada National Park, Flora and Fauna of Andalucía, Southern Spain. |
 | | The Sierra Nevada is a dramatic, rugged and extensive mountain range, the highest in Europe after the Alps and the most significant section of the Cordillera Penibética. |
 | | Apart from tourism, the economic mainstay of the Sierra Nevada is agricultural produce, with cereal crops, olives, grapes, almonds, walnuts, apples and cherries cultivated here, mainly in the southern foothills of the Alpujarras. |
 | | The Vía Verde of the Sierra Nevada is a former railway line that has been converted into a 6km-long walking and cycling track starting 15km south of Granada city, at Güéjar-Sierra. |
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