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1. What is a landscape?
When we travel over there, we can see
different landscapes.
A landscape is composed of different
things that we can see in a place, for example,
flat lands, rivers, mountains, valleys, forests,
A flat landscape
2. Mountains
In a mountain landscape we can see mountains
Mountain range
and valleys.
Valley
3. Plains
Plains are extensions of flat lands without hills
or mountains.
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2.
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4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Range
Plateau
Mountain range
Valley
Mountain
Hill
Valley
Depression
3
5
1
4
2
4. Spanish relief
The relief of Spain is comprised of: the Central Plateau, the mountains
surrounding the plateau, the mountains outside the plateau and depressions of
the Ebro and Guadalquivir.
The Central Plateau is in the center of the Peninsula. It is divided into two
parts by the Central System: North Sub-plateu and South Sub-plateau.
There are different mountains to the north, east and south of the Central
Plateau.
Cantabrian
Sea
Galician
massif
Atlantic
Ocean
Basque
Mountains
Cantabrian Range
Leon
Mountains
Mio
North
river
Sub-Plateau
Pyrenees
S
Ebro
depression
Duero river
Ebro river
Central System
Iberian System
Catalan
Coastal
System
South
Sub-Plateau
Tajo river
Guadiana river
Balearic islands
Toledo
Mountains
Subbtica Range
Beticos Systems
Penibtica Range
Mulhacn
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Mediterranean
Sea
Canary islands
Teide 3718
5. The coast.
The coast is the place where the land
meets the sea.
The are two types of coasts:
Low coasts: they often have sandy beaches.
High coasts: they often have rocky cliffs.
A cliff in Tenerife. Canary
Islands.
bay.
Beach
cape
Gulf
Cliff
Inlet
Bay
Isthmus
marsh
Lagoon
Island
Peninsula
Archipelago
Cantabrian
Punta de
Estaca de
Sea
Peas cape Ajo
Bares
cape
Gulf of
Biscay
E
Gulf of
Leon
Matxixako cape
Galician coast
Fisterra cape
Andalusian coast
Creus cape
Atlantic
Ocean
Tortosa cape
Gulf of Valencia
De la Nao cape
Mediterranean
Sea
Palos cape
San Vicente
cape
Gulf of
Cadiz
Trafalgar cape
Punta deTarifa
Strait of Gibraltar
Gulf
De Gata cape
of
Almeria
The coast is the place where the land meets the sea.
There are two types of coasts: low coasts (beaches) high coasts (cliffs).
There are many different forms of coastal relief: cape, gulf, peninsula,
archipelago, estuary and island.
The Spanish coasts are: Mediterranean, Atlantic, Cantabrian, Canary and
Balearic coasts.
Relief:
Surrounding:
Peninsula:
To travel:
Outside:
Island:
Landscape:
Subplateau:
Archipelago:
To see:
Pyrenees:
Estuary:
Place:
Betic chain:
Isthmus:
Land:
Iberian Peninsula:
Side:
River:
Extensive:
close to:
Mountain:
North:
Spanish coast:
Valley:
South:
Kilometre:
Forest:
Coast:
Cantabrian coast:
Village:
To meet:
Atlantic coast:
Surface:
Low coast:
Mediterranean coast:
Mountain range:
High coast:
Coastline:
Mountain chain:
Beach:
Canary Islands:
Raised part:
Sandy:
Balearic Islands:
Low part:
Rocky:
High:
Plain:
Cliff:
Long:
Plateau:
Coastal relief:
Hill:
Cape:
Depression:
Gulf: