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With an extensive mountainous area (69,693 ha), the Peneda-Geres, essentially granite, extends from the plateau of the Castro Laboreiro Mourela, including the mountains of Peneda, Soajo, the Yellow and Gerês .

The orientation of the topography, variations in altitude and the influences Atlantic, Mediterranean and Continental gave to any particular area botanical characteristics reflected in the existence of a diverse flora, whose symbol is the lily of the Geres (Iris Boissiere, Henriq.) Which, Moreover, an Iberian endemism. The fauna National Park (formerly the richest in the country - have made it part of the grizzly bear and goat Gerês) - still has a large variety of species that stands out the buck and the Iberian wolf.