Types of Landscapes
Types of Landscapes
Traditional landscapesMediterranean Products:
Wheat, Vine and Olive crops, vegetables and fruit
Characteristics:
-Occasionally uses terraced systems
-Meadow (animals +some trees): characteristic of livestock regions
Traditional landscapesOceanic Continental
Products:
Cereal crops (extensive plains) and livestock in prairies
Characteristics:
-Regions with humid climate (oceanic)
-Livestock in enclosed grazing plots
Traditional landscapesTropical and Monsoon
Products:
-Rice, cereals…-Extensive livestock
Characteristics:
-Regions with tropical climate (desert-like), very arid land and humid zones
-Population living in palafittes
Modern LandscapesGreen Houses
Products:
-Vegetables and flowers
Characteristics:
-Created by commercial agriculture
-The South of Almería is called “sea of plastic”
Others places : Holland, Canada, Japan
Modern LandscapesDesert agriculture Characteristics:
-Change from farmed livestock to large crops, due to the use of wells and watering systems.
Location : Arid or sem iarid areas (Israel, Libya, Saudi Arabia)
Modern LandscapesJungle crops Products:
-soy and large ranges, fruit plantations (banana, pineapple, citrus fruits)
Problems:
- Deforestation
Location: the Amazon
Modern LandscapesOther agrarian and fishing landscapes
Products:
-birds, pigs, cows
Characteristics:
-Extensive livestock farms-Aquaculture