Depression of Granada

View of the Alhambra from the Albaicín, with in the center the city of Granada extending as an extension of the plain of the depression.

The Depression of Granada (Spanish: Depresión de Granada) is a geographical entity formed by a valley completely enclosed in Andalusia, Spain. The Genil river runs through the valley at the exit of the Sierra Nevada until it crosses the Infiernos de Loja. To the north it borders the comarca of Los Montes to the south of Cordillera Subbética; to the north-west you find the Sierra de Loja and El Hacho; to the southwest the Sierra Gorda; to the south the Sierra de la Almijara; and to the east Sierra Nevada. It is one of the valleys that form the Surco Intrabético.

The two easiest accesses to communicate with the outside world are the threshold between the Sierra Nevada and the Sierra de la Almijara (Valle de Lecrín) and the Genil gorge in the Infiernos de Loja, which separates El Hacho of the Sierra Gorda. It extends from east to west for about 65 km and reaches its greatest depth in the eastern part, and is narrowest when it arrives in the Infiernos de Loja.

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