Relief of Spain

2. THE RELIEF AND COASTLINES
OF SPAIN
Spain is a country in the southwest of
Europe:
Spain's inland relief consits of the Meseta, which is a plateau
in the center of Spain.
The Sistema Central divides the Meseta into two parts : the
Submeseta Norte
and the Sumeseta Sur
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3. THE RELIEFE AND COSTALINES OF SPAIN
Spain's outer relief consists of mountain
ranges : the Macizo Galaico, the Montes
Vascos, the Pyrenees, the Cordilleras Béticas
and the Cordilleras costero-catalanas.
There are also two larges basines formed by
the Ebro and
Guadalquivir rivers.

4. Spain' s island relief includes the Balearic Islands in
the Mediterranean Sea. Apart from Sierra de
Tramuntana en Mallorca, this region is not very
mountanious. It also includes the Canary Islands in
the Atlantic Ocean. Teide, the Spain's highest
mountain is located there.
THE RELIEFE AND COSTALINES OF SPAIN

5. A Europe is like a large peninsula
surrounded by sea and joined to Asia.
It is the second smallest
continent after Oceanía.
Its relief consits of three
main types of landforms:
THE RELIEFE OF EUROPE

6. THE RELIEFE OF EUROPE
The old massifs are low mountains located
in Central and Nothern Europe:
Scandinavian Mountains and Ural Mountains.

7. A the young mountain ranges are higher and
are situated in the South of the continent.
They include the Alps, Pyrenees, Apennines,
etc.
THE RELIEFE OF EUROPE

8. The wide plains extend throughout central
and Eastern Europe.
The largest is the Great European Plain.
THE RELIEFE OF EUROPE

9. Ana Fabre Acosta
María Alé Gómez
6th Grade
CEIP Alfares