unit 1. geography of spain

UNIT 1. GEOGRAPHY OF SPAIN

SPAIN BORDERS TO:-FRANCE-ANDORRA-PORTUGAL-MOROCCO-UNITED KINGDOM

SPANISH ARCHIPELAGOS

BALEARES ISLANDS: -Palma de Mallorca-Menorca-Ibiza-Formentera -Cabrera

CANARY ISLANDS: -Las Palmas de Gran Canaria-Lanzarote-Fuerteventura-Santa Cruz de Tenerife-La Palma-La Gomera-El Hierro

SPAIN IN EUROPELARGEST COUNTRIES:-Russia-Ukraine-France-Spain

SMALLEST COUNTRY:-Vatican City

CAPES, BAYS AND GULFS

AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY

Autonomous Community(president, deputies and

councillors)

ProvincesMunicipalities

(mayor and councillors)

STATUTE OF AUTONOMY

QUESTIONS1. How many Autonomous Communities are there in Spain? And

Autonomous cities?

2. Autonomous Communities are made up of what? And provinces?

3. Since when these communities have power to govern themselves?

4. What does the Statute of Autonomy define?

5. How is the organisation of a Autonomous Community? And a municipality?

CAPITALS

RIVERSPARTS OF A RIVER: SOURCE (the beginning)COURSE (the path)MOUTH (the end)

FLOW INTO: DESEMBOCAR

FLOW THROUGH: TRANSCURREN

TRIBUTARY: AFLUENTE

SPANISH WATERSHEDS

TYPES OF RIVERS

SPANISH RELIEFMeseta (PLATEAU) covers a lot of the peninsula's interior. It's divided into 2

regions by the Sistema Central (Mountain ranges: Gredos (Almanzor mountain) y

Guadarrama (Peñalara mountain)): Submeseta norte and Submeseta sur.

The Montes de Toledo are in the southern region between Tajo and Guadiana.

Surrounding The Meseta:

-Montes de León and Macizo Galaico (north west).

-Coordillera Cantábrica (Picos de Europa) y Montes Vascos (north).

-Sistema Ibérico (Moncayo mountain) (north east).

-Sierra Morena (south: between Guadiana and Guadalquivir)

OUTER MOUNTAIN RANGES:-Pyrenees (Aneto)

-Coordillera Costero Catalana-Sistemas Béticos

(Coordillera Subbética y Coordillera Penibética (Mulhacén, Veleta))

MOUNTAINS