Located on the southern edge of Central Alentejo, this mountain range features evergreen deciduous forests dominated by cork oak and holm oak groves. Here, we find a rich fauna, particularly in terms of birds and predatory mammals. Its maximum elevation is 420 meters.

A dam that is thirty metres high and 1175 metres long, equipped with a floodgate and a water connection to the Loureiro/Monte Novo channel. It is the first part of the watering subsystem of the Alqueva river.