UNIT  7   RIVERS

A river is a body of moving water. It has three stages in its life:

• a river starts high in the mountains
• then, the river flows over the surface
• and finally the river ends into a sea, lake or another river

We can also distinguish three parts:

• source: the beginning
• course: the route
• flow: amount of water
• mouth: the end

A river basin is an área of low land drained by a river and its tributaries.

Tributary = affluent: river or stream that flows into a main river o a lake (not sea or ocean).

Watershed: area where all the rivers flow into the same sea.

Here you have a diagram showing these concepts:

Try to identify the Spanish main rivers and watersheds:

This map can help you:

A very interesting link to review rivers:

And now, try with these interactive maps: one to know the name of the rivers and the other to know where are they:

   

UNIT  7  SPANISH  COASTS
Spain is the biggest part of a peninsula, so we are surrounded by water almost all around us. Of course, the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands are completely surrounded by water.

Let´s check the features we have to study:

COASTS	Cantabrian Coast (purple)	1	Cape Matxitxako
		2	Cape Ajo
		3	Cape Peñas
		4	Estaca de Bares Point
	Atlantic Coast (red)	5	Cape Fisterra
		6	Gulf of Cádiz
		7	Tarifa Point
		8	Archipielago of Canary Island
	Mediterranean Coast (green)	9	Cape Gata
		10	Cape Palos
		11	Cape La Nao
		12	Gulf of Valencia
		13	Gulf of Roses
		14	Cape Creus
		15	Archipielago of Balearic Islands

Use this map to help you, and don´t forget the islands!:

And now, if you want to try with an interactive map, click on these pictures: one to know the name and the other to know where are they:

  

Learn more about coasts on this link:

UNIT  7  SPANISH  PEAKS
We keep on studying mountains but now we are going to pay attention to the highest peaks on every mountain chain that we have sutdied.

	MOUNTAINS	PEAK	HEIGHT	LOCATION	PROVINCE
1	Central Mountain Chain Sistema Central	Almanzor	2591 m	Sierra de Gredos	Ávila
2	Mountains of Toledo Montes de Toledo	Villuercas	1603 m	Sierra de Guadalupe	Cáceres
3	Mountains of Leon Montes de León	Teleno	2188 m	Sierra del Teleno	León
4	Cantabrian Mountain Chain Cordillera Cantábrica	Torre Cerredo	2650 m	Picos de Europa	Asturias-León
5	Iberian Mountain Chain Sistema Ibérico	Moncayo	2314 m	Sierra del Moncayo	Zaragoza-Soria
6	Sierra Morena Sierra Morena	Bañuela	1324 m	Sierra Madrona	Ciudad Real
7	Galician Massif Macizo Galaico	Peña Trevinca	2127 m	Montes de Trevinca	Orense-Zamora
8	Basque Mountains Montes Vascos	Aitxuri	1544 m	Sierra de Aizcorri	Guipúzcoa
9	Pyrinees Pirineos	Aneto	3404 m	Macizo de la Maladeta	Huesca
10	Catalan Coastal Chain Cordillera costero-catalana	Turó de l´Home	1712 m	Macizo del Montseny	Barcelona
11	Baetic Mountain Chain Sistema Bético	Mulhacén	3482 m	Sierra Nevada	Granada
12	Canary Islands	Teide	3715 m		Tenerife
13	Balearic Islands	Puig Major	1445 m	Sierra deTramuntana	Mallorca

Can you find them in this map?

Maybe you can have some difficulties, let´s see this fantastic power point I found in the web:

Relieve de españa picos from marioglezmartino