Unit 8 landscapes mountains and coasts

UNIT 8.- LANDSCAPES

Teacher: Daniela A. Ayala M.Ceip.Tomás Romojaro course 2010/2011

What are we going to learn?

• 1.- Political map of Spain: Revission

• 2.- Landscapes :Mountains and plains in Spain.

• 3.- Coastal landscapes : Coasts of Spain and coastal landforms

AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITIES

• There are 17 Autonomous Communities in Spain.

• There are 15 inside the Iberian Peninsula and 2 outside it.

• Provinces are part of each Autonomous Community

Mountain landscapes

• There are mountain landscapes, flat landscapes and coastal landscapes.

• Mountain landscapes are made up of mountains and valleys.

• Several mountains grouped together are called a mountain range

• Valleys are low areas between mountains. Rivers are often found in valleys.

• Plains are large areas of flat land with no hills or slopes.

• A plateau is a plain at a high altitude.

• Depressions are plains which are lower than the surrounding land.

• Coastal plains are flat land near the coast.

MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS IN SPAIN

COASTAL LANDSCAPES

• The coast is the place where the land meets the sea.

• There’re two types:

• Low-lying coasts sandy beaches• High Coasts rocky cliffs

• TYPES OF COASTLINES:

• • A cape is land which extends into the sea.

• • A gulf is a place where the sea extends into the land.

• • A peninsula is land which is almost completely surrounded by water.

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•An island is land which is completely surrounded by water.• An archipelago is a group of islands.• An estuary is the part of a river which opens into the sea.• A marsh is wet land near the mouth of a river.

COASTS OF SPAIN

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