UNIT 9

INDEX

1. Forms of relief in Spain.

2. Relief on the coast.

1.     FORMS OF RELIEF IN SPAIN

Relief is the set of landforms that are in a territory. The relief in Spain is varied. Its main landforms chain:

§  Mountains are big elevation of land. Many mountains together are called a mountain range and many mountain ranges together are called a mountain chain.

§  Plains are large areas of flat land. Plateaus are areas of flat land that are high above sea level. Valleys and natural depressions are low, flat areas between mountains.

§  Coasts are areas in contact with the sea.

§  Islands are pieces of land surrounded by water. Many islands together are called an archipelago. In Spain, there are two large archipelagos: Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea and the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean.

2.  RELIEF ON THE COAST

The coast can have beaches, which are low and sandy, or cliffs which are high rocky terrains that rise high above the sea. The jagged coastline makes up the landforms of a coast´s relief:

§  Capes are areas of land that go out into the sea. Deltas form at the mouths of rivers where there is an accumulation of the materials they carry.

§  Gulfs are parts of the sea that cut into the land. Small gulfs are called bays. A ria is a deep and narrow cut into the mouth of a river made by the sea. An albufera is a saltwater lagoon or lake that forms on the coast.

VOCABULARY

SET
LANDFORM
MOUNTAIN RANGE
MOUNTAIN CHAIN
FLAT
LAND
ABOVE
LOW
JAGGED
SANDY
CLIFFS
RISE
COASTLINE
DEEP
NARROW
CUT
MOUTH
CARRY
SALTWATER
SURROUNDED
WHICH

ACTIVITIES

1.  COPY AND COMPLET THE TEXT

Relief is the ________ of ________________ that are in a territory. The relief in Spain is varied. Its main landforms ___________:

Mountains are big _____________ of land. Many mountains together are called a _______________  ___________ and many mountain ranges together are called a _____________  ___________.

Plains are large areas of flat land. ____________ are areas of flat land that are high above sea level.

Valleys and ___________ depressions are low, flat areas _______________ mountains.

2.  DEFINE THESE RELIEF FORMS AND GIVE AND EXAMPLE OF EACH.

Plateau: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Beaches: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Mountains: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Valleys:

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3. WRITE FALSE OR TRUE IN THE SENTENCES.

  Cliffs are low and sandy. ________

  Deltas form at the mouths of sea._________

  Beaches are high rocky terrains that rise high above the sea. _____

  Capes are areas of land that go out into the sea. _________

  Big gulfs are called bays. _________

  An albufera is a saltwater lagoon or lake that forms on the coast._______

4. WRITE CORRECTLY THE SENTENCES FALSE IN THE EXERCISE THREE.

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5. WHAT IS THE DIFERENCE BETWEEN?

  Valley and plateaus.

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  Capes and delta.

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  Gulf and bay.

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  Balearic Island and Canary Island.

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