Situated in a valley between 2 rivers, the Esera and Rialbo, it is surrounded by snow-capped Pyrenean mountain peaks: most notably, the Turbón (2.492 m) and Cotiella (2.912 m).
In Aragon, the dialect in Ribagorza can be clustered into 2 main groups Upper and Lower Ribagorçan defined by an isogloss line running east-west from the Turbón mountain.