Relief/Vocab
What is the meaning of "relief" in Spanish?
relieve
What is "plain" in Spanish?
Llanura
What is the name for a group of mountains?
Mountain Range
What is the name for a group of islands?
Archipelago
Playa in English
Beach
What do mountains have at the top?
Peaks
What is the name of the plateau in the center of Spain?
Meseta Central
What are the three groups of mountains in Spain?
Mountains in the Meseta, Mountains around the Meseta, Mountains outside the Meseta.
What are the two groups of islands in Spain?
Canary Islands, and Baleares Islands
Plains in Spanish
Llanura
What is cascada in English?
Waterfall
How do you say depresion in English?
Depression
What two mountains are in the meseta?
Central System and Montes de Toledo
What water body is the Canary Islands located in?
Atlantic ocean
Valle in English
Valley
What three things form Spain's inland relief?
Meseta Central, Mountain Ranges, and Depressions
What are the two depressions in Spain?
Ebro and Guadalquivir depression
Are the Pirineos in, around, or outside the Meseta?
Outside
What water bodies surround Spain? (3)
Atlantic ocean, Cantabrian Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea
Gulf in Spanish
Golfo
Name 2 things that mountains can influence
Temperature and Rainfall
What depression is in the North East?
Ebro depression
What is the tallest mountain in Spain?
Teide in Las canarias
The gulf of Cadiz meets what water body?
Atlantic ocean
Arenoso in English