Landscape in spain

LandscapeSin Spain

BY: PEDRO SÁNCHEZ HERNÁNDEZ

GEOGRAPHICAL RELIEF

The geographical relief in Spain

IN THE CENTRE OF PENINSULA:

·Meseta

·Sistema Central

·Montes de Toledo

BORDERING THE MESETA

·Sistema Ibérico

·Cordillera Cantábrica

·Montes de León

·Sierra Morena

OUTSIDE THE MESETA

Montainous areas: Pyrenees, Mazico Galaioco, Costero

Catalanas, Montes Vascos, SistemasBéticos

Large Lowland areas : valleys of the Ebro and Guadalquivir.

• COASTS IN THE NORTH : rocky, with lots

of high cliffs.

• COASTS IN THE SOUTH: with lots of low

and sandy beaches.

RIVERS IN SPAIN• ATLANTIC OCEAN: Miño, Duero, Tajo,

Guadiana and Guadalquivir.

• MEDITERRANEAN SEA: Ter, Ebro,

Llobregat, Turia, Júcar and Segura.

• CANTABRIAN SEA: Nalón, Nervión and

Bidasoa.

NATURAL LANDSCAPE• NATURAL LANDSCAPE: are areas that have

not been transformed by human activity.

• Many of these areas have been made into nature

reserves to protect them from human activity.

• Some of the most important nature reserves in

Spain are national parks.

HUMANIZED LANDSCAPE

• HUMANIZED LANDSCAPE: are areas that

have been transformed by human activity.

• Rural landscape are typical of the countryside. In

these areas, we usually find farmers´ fields. There

are often villages and small towns with short,

narrow streets and low buildings.

• Urban landscape are typical of cities. We usually

find large motorways, wide streets, tall buildings

and a variety of industries.

Urban landscape

Rural landscape

SPAIN S DIVERSE LANDSCAPE.• Deciduous forest: oceanic climate. We find this

type of forest in northern Spain, along the

Cantabrian cornice.

• Mediterranean forest and scrubland :

mediterranean climate. We can find it in most

areas of the Iberian peninsula and in the Balearic

Islands.

• Alpine landscape: mountain climate, Pyrenees,

Cordillera Cantábrica and Sistemas Béticos.

• Diverse landscape in the Canary Island: most

parts of the Canary Islands have a subtropical

climate.