Hypsometric map of the Canseco area
Cartography · IGN 5 m DTM

The terrain of Canseco

The valley seen through its terrain: elevations, slopes, light and water, built from the Spanish National Geographic Institute digital terrain model.

2,149
Highest point (m)
1,208
Lowest point (m)
1,600
Mean elevation (m)
941
Relief range (m)
Explorer

Explore the terrain layer by layer

One map of the valley with layers you toggle at will: elevation tinting, hillshading, contour lines, the drainage network, slopes and the viewshed from each summit. Move the sun to watch the shadows sweep in — in winter or in summer. Everything is precomputed from the terrain model, so it switches instantly.

Terrain of Canseco
☀ 13:00 · winter

Precomputed layers from the 5 m DEM, toggled instantly · scroll, pinch or use +/− to zoom, drag to pan.

Anatomy of the valley

What the terrain is like

Canseco sits in a glacial valley of the León central mountains, between the 1,208 m of the valley floor and the 2,149 m of its summits. The flyover circles that terrain in 360°; the cross-section cuts it from summit to summit, with the village at the bottom; and the hypsometric curve sums up how much land lies at each elevation.

3D flyover of the Canseco valley
3D orbital flyover of the valley (terrain exaggerated ×1.5). Toggle between elevation tinting and IGN (PNOA) orthophoto.
Topographic profile of the valley: Pico Huevo, Canseco and Peña Constante
The valley cross-section: from Pico Huevo (2,150 m) down to Canseco (1,247 m) and up to Peña Constante.
Hypsometric curve of the Canseco boundary
Hypsometric curve: 65% of the land lies above 1,500 m; 19% above 1,800 m.
The territory

The Canseco boundary

The boundary of Canseco carves out a parcel of mountain with its place-names: Pico Huevo and Peña Constante on the heights, the gorge and the Fervenciona on the water, and the village with its medieval tower, the church of San Pedro and its historic bridges.

Canseco boundary with its place-names over the terrain
The boundary (yellow line) cut out of the terrain, with place-names coloured by type.
Take it home

Your Canseco poster

Pick the place-names you want on the map, preview it and download it at full quality, ready to print at A3.

3D…
Drag to rotate · this is how the printed model looks
Area mapCanseco and the surrounding villages · image3D model · STLTerrain of the boundary · 18 × 13 cm, ~1:40,000 scale

Produced from the 5 m Digital Terrain Model (MDT05) of the Spanish National Geographic Institute (IGN) and the Canseco boundary (OpenStreetMap). The same model that powers the 3D terrain of the place-names map and the trails.