River basin is the most mountainous province of Castile - the Spot next to Guadalajara. Located to the Southeastern of Madrid, it is lodged in the most southern part of the Iberian System that yergue to the east of this province. The conquense territory is plagued of small dispersed population centers by all the territory, that altogether add little more than 200,000 inhabitants and who present/display a density of only 12 inhabitants by km2. The capital, declared Patrimony of the Humanity, lodges almost to 25% of the conquenses. In broad strokes it could be divided in four great areas, the Mountainous area, the Barren plateau, Mancha and the Manchuela. Its territory, of limestone nature practically in its totality, conditions the landscapes and colors which they are possible to be enjoyed in a visit to this province.
Thus are geomorfológicos elements of great plastic beauty as you pierce them, the sickles or torcas. Simultaneously, the limestone substrate conditions the existing vegetation, predominating the great extensions of pine groves, mainly in the zones where the topography is steeper and the natural vegetation is less antropizada. He is very recommendable to visit the Mountain range of Altomira in the points in which the hydrographic network is working deep and narrow sickles, today taken advantage of to locate the dams of Entrepeñas and Buendía, area of tourist and recreational interest. Also the Mountainous area of River basin is a recommended visit, mainly the Natural Park of the High Edge.
The Cuervo river, in its birth, is one of most known the natural elements of great value and in addition one to. It also agrees, to give a return by Sickles of Beteta and Solán de Cabras, in the northeast of the province, where they form a set of great environmental and landscaping value, with great cut and farallones rocky, home of the Leonado Vulture and the Travelling Hawk between many others.