The range runs roughly north and south through the states of Minas Gerais and Bahia, extending for approximately 1000km.
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It forms the divide between the upper watershed of the São Francisco River and those of the shorter rivers which flow east into the Atlantic, including the Doce, the Jequitinhonha, and the Pardo rivers.
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