Mountains in the Meseta Central
What is the Meseta Central?
It is a huge area of flat land.
How many mountain ranges surround the Meseta Central?
There are four mountain ranges that surround the Meseta Central.
What is the highest peak in the Montes Vascos?
The highest peak is Aitxuri.
What is a river basin?
It is an area of low land that is drained by a river.
What are the two groups of islands called?
They are called the Canary Islands and the Baleric Islands.
Where is the Meseta Central?
It is in the center of the Iberian Peninsula.
Which mountain range is to the west?
The Montes de León.
What are the mountain ranges in the north?
The Macizo Galaico, the Montes Vascos and the Pirineos.
What are the two main river basins in Spain?
They are the Guadalquivir River basin and the Ebro River basin.
What group of islands is located in the Atlantic Ocean to the west of Aftica?
The Canary Islands.
What mountain range divides the Meseta Central into two parts?
The Sistema Central.
What is the highest peak in the Montes de León?
It is Teleno.
Aneto is the highest peak of what mountain range?
The Pirineos.
What seas and oceans surround Spain?
The Cantabrian Sea, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Mediterranean Sea.
Where are the Baleric Islands?
They are in the Mediterranean Sea to the east of the Iberian Peninsula.
Las Villuercas is the highest peak in what mountain range?
The Montes de Toledo.
What direction is the Sierra Morena mountain range to the Meseta Central?
The Sierra Morena mountain range is to the south of the Meseta Central.
What is the Sistema Bético made up of?
It is made up of the Cordillera Subbética and the Cordillera Penibética.
Where is the Guadalquivir River basin located?
In the south, between the Sierra Morena and the Sistema Bético.
What are the main islands that make up the Baleric Islands?
They are Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza, Formentera, and Cabrera.
What are the mountain ranges in the Meseta Central?
The Sistema Central and the Montes de Toledo.
What are the four mountain ranges that surround the Meseta Cental?
The Montes de Leon, the Cordillera Cantábrica, the Sistema Ibérico, and the Sierra Morena.
What are the five mountain ranges beyond the Meseta Central?
They are the Macizo Galaico, the Montes Vascos, the Pirineos, the Cordillera Costero-Catalana, and the Sistema Bético.
What coast is the longest with long beaches and areas with many cliffs?
The Mediterranean Coast.
What is the highest peak in Spain and what island is it located on?
The highest peak in spain is Mount Teide it is located on the island of Tenerife.