Monegros Desert

The Monegros Desert or Desierto de los Monegros is a semidesert in Aragón, northeastern Spain, spanning the provinces of Zaragoza and Huesca. It is a semi arid zone prone to frequent droughts. It is noted for its annual electronic music festival held in mid-July, the Monegros Festival.

The Monegros Desert spans the provinces of Zaragoza and Huesca in the region of Aragón, including the comarca of Monegros in Huesca. Part of the desert lies in the Ebro Valley. The desert covers about 276,440 hectares and consists of 49 villages in 31 municipalities. The highest point of the Monegros Desert is Oscuro, at an altitude of 822 metres . Much of the landscape topography varies between 200 feet and 300 feet and is relatively flat semi-desert, with habitats of shrub-steppes prone to frequent droughts with high temperatures with hardly any rainfall . Deserted farms and farm houses and juniperous woods are also seen in scattered locations.

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