It is situated in the natural region of the Mounts in Granada, in the province of Granada, and it extends to the following  towns: Alamedilla, Alfacar, Alicún de Ortega, Benalúa de las Villas, Calicasas, Campotéjar, Cogollos Vega, Colomera, Darro, Dehesas de Guadix, Deifontes, Diezma, Fonelas, Gobernador, Guadahortuna, Güevéjar, Huélago, Iznalloz, the North of La Peza to the Fardes River, Montejícar, Montillana, Morelábor, Nívar, Pedro Martínez, Piñar, Torrecardela y Villanueva de las Torres, Moclin from the Eastern Area  to the  natural limit defined by the Velillos River, and Albolote and Atarfe, from the Northern Area, the Cubillas  and Colomera Rivers representing the natural limit  to their intersection.

The orography, pedology and climate characteristics of this area are peculiar and extreme, as detailed as follows, being the olive grove the crop which best adapts to these hard conditions.

The area represents a landscape of medium height mountains, alternating depressions of  750 to 900 m high with East-West mountains range, the maximum heights ranging from 1.400 to 2.000 meters. The medium height of the towns is at 900 m above sea level. In general, its landscapes show more abrupt shapes in the lime massif, together with other morphologies responding to an also steep relief, such as hillocks and limestone hills, margocalizas and margas. As we move to the East, the landscape tends to soften and we find a high plateau at 1.200m of height, which breaks in the Eastern area of the region in the valley of the Fardes River constituting the natural limit of the Eastern region. From there, the landscape morphology changes presenting a typical xeric landscape orography  from the Spanish South-East.

The mounts pedology presents a considerable typological soil complexity since a clearly determined soil is not frequent  There are formations associated to various types. The soils derived from the decomposition of some of the  lithological varieties of limestone prevail. These are rich in margocalizos materials eroded from the hills, containing high calcium carbonate (higher than 40%) and modified by the constant superficial agriculture removal.

The climate characteristics of the region are typical of the continental Mediterranean climate, with a considerable temperature variation between the maximum and minimum temperatures of the day and night and summer and winter. The average rainfall ranges from 400 to 600 mm a year, and it is even lower in draught years. Winters are long and cold with frequent snows and frosts and summers are long and hot reaching extreme temperatures of 40° C.