NATURE
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ENVIRONMENT OF THE VALLE DEL TIRÓN.
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The region of Rioja Alta occupies a wide area of land northwest of the community. It borders to the north with the folds of the Obarenes and Sonsierra mountains, to the south with the alluvium that bathes the Tirón, Oja and Najerilla rivers in its middle course and towards the mouths in the Ebro river.
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It is a fertile, agricultural land, with a privileged climate of Atlantic and Mediterranean condition. A varied landscape combining abundant vegetation, farmland, cereal plains, leafy thickets and vineyard plains.
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A few kms. There are mountain areas and lush forests of the Ezcaray region near Sto. Domingo de la Calzada, and the nearby Obarenes mountains.
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