Landscape in spain

LandscapeS in Spain

BY: PEDRO SÁNCHEZ HERNÁNDEZ

GEOGRAPHICAL RELIEF

The geographical

relief in Spain

IN THE CENTRE OF PENINSULA:

·Meseta·Sistema Central

·Montes de Toledo

BORDENING THE

MESETA·Sistema Ibérico

·Cordillera Cantábrica·Montes de

León·Sierra Morena

·Outside the meseta

Montainous areas: Pyrenees, Mazico Galaioco, Costero Catalanas, Montes

Vascos, Sistemas Béticos

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.