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The descent from the southern range to the high plateaux of Castile is more gradual, and several large rivers, notably the [[Ebro]], rise here and flow to the south or west. The breadth of the Cantabrian chain, with all its ramifications, increases from about 60 mi (97 km); in the east to about {{convert|115|mi|km}} in the west. Many peaks are over {{convert|6000|ft|m}} high, but the greatest [[elevation|altitudes]] are attained in the central ridges on the borders of [[León (historical region)|León]], [[Asturias]], [[Palencia]] and [[Cantabria]]. Here are the highest peak [[Torre de Cerredo]] ({{convert|8688|ft|m}}), [[Peña Vieja]] ({{convert|8579|ft|m}}), [[Peña Prieta]] ({{convert|8304|ft|m}}) and [[Espigüete]] ({{convert|7898|ft|m}}); an unnamed summit in the [[Picos de Europa]], to which range the Peña Vieja also belongs, rises on the right bank of the [[Sella (Bay of Biscay)|Sella]] to a height of {{convert|8045|ft|m}}; further west the peaks of [[Manpodres]], [[Peña Ubiña]], [[Peña Rubia]] and [[Cuiña]] all exceed {{convert|7000|ft|m}}. A conspicuous feature of the chain, as of the adjacent tableland, is the number of its parameras, isolated [[plateau]]s shut in by lofty mountains or even by precipitous walls of rock.
The Cantabrian Mountains make a sharp divide between "[[Green Spain]]" to the north, and the dry [[Meseta Central|central plateau]]. The north facing slopes receive heavy [[cyclonic]] rainfall from the
==Main ranges==
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