Climate mapClimate map
Oceanic climate
Continental climate
Mediterranean climate
Mountain climate
Subtropical Climate
Very dry areas
SUBTROPICAL CLIMATE IN CANARY ISLANDS
HOT TEMPERATURE Mild temperatures all the year (no month with an
average below 17 º C)
CHARACTERISTIS
There are low rainfalls that increased with altitud.
CHARACTERISTICS
It is scarce and irregular.
Predominated aquifers and torrents.
CHARACTERISTICS
VOLCANIC SOIL
It make complicated the crop.
THE WATER
VEGETATION
Canary Islands have 500 species which can only be found there.
CHARACTERISTICS
CONTINENTAL CLIMATEin Spain’s center
Big differences of temperature between winter and summer.
In winter the temperatures are really low: below zero. The winters are long and cold.
The summers are dry and hot.
CHARACTERISTICS
RAINFALLSThe rainfalls are scarce.
There are more rainfalls in spring and autum
CHARACTERISTICS
VEGETATION
The trees are scarce.
Predominated the pines and oaks
CHARACTERISTICS
The RIVERS are long and flowing:Ebro, Duero, Tajo, Guadiana.
CHARACTERISTICS
The Mediterranean Spanish climate
Where is?
The Mediterranean climate is in the zones to the neighborhood of the Mediterranean sea.
CharacteristicsSoft temperatures in winter and high temperatures in
summer.Variable rainfalls: dry season in summer and wet in
autumn and spring .Forested landscape.You can enjoy many sunny days at year.
The most common views are of this type.
High temperatures cause a dry, forested landscape.
LandscapeWe have parks to protect the landscapes of the human impact.
The most importants in the Mediterranean area are:
In Murcia
In Andalucía
In Valencia we have The Albufera is a saltwater lagoon. Since 1990, the Albufera Nature Reserve has been included in the list of wetlands of international importance for birds established.
The most important traditional use made of the zone has always been and today continues to be fishing. But rice growing is another traditional use, though much more recent .
Interior landscape In the interior landscape of the Mediterranean area are usual crops of grapes as in Cochem.
The grape growing in Spain is more limited.
Another usual growing in the interior of the Mediterranean region are the olive trees.
OceanicTemperatures: Soft all the year round. Few difference
between summer and winter. Rainfalls: Abundant all the year round, but can falling a
little in summer.
Vegetation of oceanic climate
- It is abundant because the rains are frequent.- Very green landscapes: forests and grasslands.
Forests: the most typical is the Atlantic Forest, composed of trees that need lots of water as:
Braken
Oak
We can find ladscapes like that:
Atlantic forest
MEADOW: These are large areas of grass that is green all year . Is here where the cattle grazes.
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