Provinces
Salamanca
Salamanca has 4,987 km² of forest, mostly holm oak (52.9% of the tree cover), between 155 and 2,308 m above sea level. Most of it (62%) lies in the dry bioclimatic zone. In the latest run, no species here scores above “very weak”.
Elevation
815 m
155–2,308 m
Wooded ground
4,987 km²
Holm oak · 52.9%
Climate
Dry
62% of the area
Dry62%Sub-humid30%Humid8%
What comes up here
Ordered by the area's mean index on the last day computed. The mean says whether the drive is worth it; the peak says whether some corner of it is.
Very weakWeakModerateGoodExcellent
as of 15 October 2026The bar is the area's mean index; the tick is the highest it reaches in any corner of it.
- mean 3.1 · peak 25.2
- mean 3 · peak 64.8
- mean 2.7 · peak 43.6
Show the other 29
- mean 2.6 · peak 25.9
- mean 2.6 · peak 30.5
- mean 2.5 · peak 82.9
- mean 2.5 · peak 23
- mean 2.4 · peak 41.7
- mean 2.3 · peak 39.4
- mean 2.2 · peak 37.8
- mean 2.2 · peak 28.8
- mean 1.7 · peak 33.8
- mean 1.6 · peak 29.8
- mean 1.6 · peak 20.3
- mean 1.6 · peak 18.4
- mean 1.4 · peak 17.4
- mean 1.3 · peak 27.8
- mean 1.1 · peak 24.2
- mean 0.7 · peak 17
- mean 0.6 · peak 5.5
- mean 0.6 · peak 23.9
- mean 0.5 · peak 9.4
- mean 0.5 · peak 8.7
- mean 0.4 · peak 7.2
- mean 0.4 · peak 16.2
- mean 0.4 · peak 8.3
- mean 0.4 · peak 14.1
- mean 0.2 · peak 9.8
- mean 0.2 · peak 3.6
- mean 0.2 · peak 4.7
- mean 0.1 · peak 1.5
- mean 0 · peak 0.6
Areas in Salamanca
Each bar is the altitude of the area, on a scale from 155 to 2,308 m.
Natural and national parks
- Parque Natural de las Arribes del Duero · Holm oak155–792 m
- Parque Natural de las Batuecas y Sierra de Francia · Pine410–1,563 m
Protected natural areas
- Douro International and Águeda River Valley Special Protection Area · Holm oak155–704 m
- Espacio Natural de la Sierra de Candelario · Oak841–2,308 m
- Espacio Natural de Las Quilamas · Oak611–1,350 m
- Site of Community Importance Douro Internacional · Holm oak155–710 m
- Site of Community Importance Malcata · Pine399–1,183 m
Mountain ranges
- Francia and Béjar ranges · Pine410–2,308 m
Forest
4,987 km² of forest
- Holm oakQuercus ilex52.9% · 39% canopy
- Pyrenean oakQuercus pyrenaica30.5% · 44% canopy
- Maritime pinePinus pinaster6.1% · 60% canopy
- Portuguese oakQuercus faginea3.5% · 35% canopy
- Narrow-leaved ashFraxinus angustifolia1.4% · 51% canopy
- Scots pinePinus sylvestris1.2% · 64% canopy
- Cork oakQuercus suber1.2% · 42% canopy
- Sweet chestnutCastanea sativa1.1% · 65% canopy
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