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Between the Pyrenees and the meseta are the plains of Aragon, drained by the Ebro River. In the south, between the Sierra Nevada and the southern edge of the meseta (the Sierra Morena) are the fertile plains of Andalucia, drained by the Guadalquivir River. There is a narrow coastal plain on the Mediterranean, which becomes broader around Valencia, Alicante, Almeria and Malaga. Across the Meseta itself deep valleys have been cut by rivers: the Rio Duero, Rio Tajo and Rio Guadiana; between the Duero (Douro) and the Tajo (Tagus) are the ridges of the Sierra de Gredos and the Sierra de Guadarrama, both rising to over 2 500 m, and between the Tajo and the Guadiana, the lower Sierra de Guadalupe and the Montes de Toledo. Much of the coastline is steep and rocky; the best natural harbours are the narrow inlets ( rias) of the north-west, where the ports of Vigo and Coruña are situated. The Balearic Islands, an archipelago off the east coast of mainland Spain, cover an area of 5 000 km 2; they comprise Majorca (Mallorca), Minorca (Menorca), Ibiza, Formentera, Cabrera and six smaller islands. The land is undulating, rising to 1 445 m at Puig Mayor in Majorca. The Canary Islands form an archipelago of seven inhabited islands, covering 7 270 km 2 and six islets in the Atlantic Ocean about 96 km off the coast of Africa. The islands are volcanic in origin and are mainly mountainous, water is scarce and some areas are virtual desert; where irrigation is possible abundant crops are produced.