Despite Erada being at the foot of Estrela, it does not have a true highland aspect. The relief is rounded and the rocky outcrops are not common. The higher elevations are occupied by bushes of diversified shrubby species, whose multicoloured blossoms extend from late winter to summer, which is why bee-keeping is widely used.

On the slopes pine forest is dominant, on the lowlands, plains and also terraces, olive trees are strongly present, having had many olive mills functioning, one of which was recovered by the parish council, that did the pressing by rods, a fact that gives it special interest.

The differences of relief and the occupation of the ground make Erada a zone of transition, between Estrela and the river.