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Spain´s climates
Geography of Spain
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the main mountain ranges in Spain? | Cantabrian mountains, Sistema Central, Sistemas Béticos, Pyrinees, and Sistema Ibérico |
| What are the longer rivers in Spain? | Tagus, Duero, Guadalquivir, Guadiana and Ebro |
| What´s the longest river within Spanish territory? | Ebro river |
| What´s the highest mountain in the Iberian peninsula? | Mulhacén, in the Sistemas Béticos |
| What´s the highest mountain in Spain? | The Teide, an active volcano on the island of Tenerife (Canary Islands) |
| What´s the name of the channel that connects the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean? | Strait of Gibraltar |
| What´s the definition of Ría? | A drowned river valley, formed when the sea rises and the land sinks. |
| Where are located the Northern and Southern plateaus? | In the centre of the Iberian Peninsula |
| What´s the definition for reforestation? | Planting new forests |
| What are the main characteristics of the Mediterranean climate? | Hot summers, mild winters, not much rain, and a typical vegetation of evergreen forest and aromatic shrubs |
| What´s the climate in the Canary Islands? | Subtropical, as the islands are near the Tropic of Cancer |
| What´s the vegetation in the Atlantic (Oceanic) climate? | Decidious broadleaf forest (they drop the leaves because there is much rain) |
| What's the location of the Atlantic climate? | The North coast of Spain, from Galicia to Navarra. |
| What´s the human influence on the Mediterranean area? | Farmland, with traditional crops as wheat, vines and olives. Modern crops, fruit trees, and vegetables grown in greenhouses |
| Where's the location of the Alpine climate? | Anywhere the mountain are higher than 1000-1200 metres |
| What are the most important characteristics of the Continental climate? | Very hot summers, cold winters and moderate rainfall (350-700 mm annually) |
| What the most important coastal reliefs in the Mediterranean Coast? | GIbraltar Strait, Bay of Málaga, Cape of Gata, Cape Palos, Gulf of Alicante, Cape de la Nao, Gulf of Valencia, Ebro's Delta and Cape of Creus |
| Name the most important coastal reliefs in the Cantabrian and Atlantic Ocean | Cape Matxitxako, Cape Ajo, Cape de Peñas, Estaca de Bares Point, Cape Ortegal, Cape Fisterra, and High and Low Galician Rías |
| How are the rivers in the Atlantic coast? | Short, with great volume of flow and powerful (erosion). Examples: Bidasoa, Sella, Nalón, Navia... |
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