Lesson Summary 3

Social Science
6th Bilingual Primary
Editorial Byme
CEIP el Coto (El Casar)

* Europes mountains are mostly in the south

(Las montaas europeas estn principalmente en el sur)

* The north and east have large areas of low lands and plains.

The Great European Plain:

(Al norte y al este hay grandes reas de tierras bajas y llanuras)

It stretches from the Atlantic Ocean (west) to the Ural

Mountains (east)
(La Gran Llanura Europea: abarca desde el ocano Atlantico (al oeste) hasta los Montes Urales (al este))

MOUNTAINS
AND PLAINS
(Montaas y llanuras)

3 main
zones
(3 zonas
principale
s)

The
physical
geograph
y of
Europe

Old mountains:

-They are in the north and in the center (east)

They are usually 1000 metres

high

(La Gran Llanura Europea: abarca desde el ocano Atlantico (al oeste) hasta los Montes
- Urales (al este))

Among them (entre otros), they are

Pyrenees and Scandinavian
mountains

Young mountains: :

They are

in the south
(Estn al sur del continente)

ARCTIC OCEAN
(North)

RIVERS
(ros)

That flow into

(que desembocan
en)

ATLANTIC
OCEAN
(West)
MEDITERRANEA
N SEA
(SOUTH)

They are long , regular course and usually frozen in Winter

These include the Pechora and the Northern Dvina

(Incluyen al ro Pechora y el Divina

Norte)

They are short with a high volume of water. (son cortos con un alto volumen de agua)
Examples are the Seine, the Duero and the Thames.
-

CASPIAN AND
BLACK SEAS
(East)

(Son largos, curso regular y

helados en invierno)

They are short with an irregular flow. (son cortos con un curso irregular)
These include the Po and the Rhone

They are long with a regular flow. (son largos con un curso regular)
These include the Volga and the Danube

Southern Europe is known for its warm annual temperatures. (El sur de Europa es conocido por su clida temperatura anual)
Central Europe has an Oceanic Climate (Europa central tiene un clima ocenico)
Eastern Europe has continental Climate (Europa del Este tiene un clima continental)
Western Coasts are even cooler. (La costa occidental de Europa es an ms fresquita)
-Cool temperatures in summer and very cold in Winter (Temperaturas frescas en verano y muy fras en invierno)
-Heavy rain in and snow cover the high mountain regions (Lluvias abundante y nieve cubren las altas regiones montaosas)
-Many forests of coniferous trees and pine trees at higher altitudes (Muchos bosques de conferas y pinares en grandes

ALPINE CLIMATE
altitudes)
(Clima Alpino)

CLIMATE IN
EUROPE

CONTINENTAL
CLIMATE
(Clima Continental)

-Hot summers and cold winters (Veranos calurosos e inviernos fros)

-Low rainfall with occasional storms (Bajas precipitaciones o lluvias con tormentas ocasionales o espordicas)
-Steppes and taiga (Estepas y taiga)

temperaturas in summer cooler ones in Winter (Altas temperaturas en verano y ms frescas en invierno)
MEDITERRANEAN-High
-Low precipitation although in automn it can be higher (Bajas precipitaciones aunque en otoo pueden ser ms altas)
- Mediterranean forests full of evergreen trees (Bosque mediterrneo lleno de rboles de hoja perenne )
CLIMATE
(Clima Mediterrneo)

-Mild summer temperatures (Temperaturas muy suaves)

-High precipitation all year, has four clear seasons (Altas precipitaciones todo el ao, tiene cuatro estaciones bien diferenciadas)
-Many broadleaf forests (Muchos bosques de hoja ancha)

OCEANIC CLIMATE
(Clima Ocenico)

-The coldest on Earth with temperaturas reaching a low -50 degrees

(El ms fro de la Tierra con temperaturas por debajo de

POLAR CLIMATE -A very restricted flora by the extremely low temperaturas (La flora muy escasa por sus temperaturas tan extremas)
-Tundra is found here (Muchos bosques de hoja ancha)
(Clima Polar)
- Animals like polar bears and Pacific salmon have evolved to survive (A nimales como el oso polar y el Salmn del Pacfico han
los -50)

evolucionado para sobrevivir en el Polo)