Galician Massif

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The Galician Massif is an ancient, rugged geological region in northwestern Iberia characterized by heavily eroded Paleozoic rocks and highlands that form part of the Iberian Massif.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Galician Massif canonical 6
Galician highlands 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geological region ⓘ
massif ⓘ
boundedBy Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Cantabrian Mountains ⓘ
Central System of the Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
characterizedBy Paleozoic rocks ⓘ
ancient rocks ⓘ
heavily eroded relief ⓘ
highlands ⓘ
rugged topography ⓘ
climateInfluence Atlantic climate of Galicia ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Spain ⓘ
erosionalHistory long-term denudation since Paleozoic ⓘ
extendsInto northern Portugal ⓘ
forms basement of northwestern Iberia ⓘ
formsPartOf western Iberian Massif ⓘ
linked to: Iberian Massif
geologicalAge Paleozoic ⓘ
linked to: Paleozoic Era
geomorphology deep valleys ⓘ
dissected plateaus ⓘ
rounded summits ⓘ
hasEconomicImportance mineral resources ⓘ
quarrying ⓘ
hasResearchInterest Paleozoic stratigraphy ⓘ
Variscan tectonics ⓘ
granite magmatism ⓘ
metamorphic petrology ⓘ
hasStructuralTrend generally NE–SW Variscan structures ⓘ
highestPointsLocatedIn Galician highlands ⓘ
linked to: Galician Massif
influences drainage patterns of northwestern Iberia ⓘ
regional topography of Galicia ⓘ
isOlderThan Mesozoic cover rocks of Iberia ⓘ
lithology gneisses ⓘ
granites ⓘ
igneous rocks ⓘ
metamorphic rocks ⓘ
schists ⓘ
slates ⓘ
locatedIn Galicia ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
northwestern Iberia ⓘ
orogeny Variscan orogeny ⓘ
partOf Iberian Massif ⓘ
Variscan belt of western Europe ⓘ
tectonicSetting cratonic basement of the Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
underlies Cenozoic sedimentary basins in northwestern Iberia ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Duero Basin → boundedBy → Galician Massif ⓘ
Galician Massif → highestPointsLocatedIn → Galician highlands ⓘ
linked to: Galician Massif
Pico de Meda → mountainRange → Galician Massif ⓘ
Montes de León → partOf → Galician Massif ⓘ
Montes de León → separates → Galician Massif ⓘ