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LAYERS OF THE EARTH
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CRUST It is composed of solid rock
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CORE It is composed mainly of iron - Outer core It is composed of liquid iron - Inner core It is solid. High temperature and pressure
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COMPOSITION OF THE EARTH'S SURFACE
25% covered with continental landmasses
75% covered with water (97% saltwater, 3% freshwater)
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THE EARTH'S SURFACE HILLS High places, smaller than mountains, with rounded tops
VALLEY Low area between mountains or hills
RIVER Stream of water that flows towards lakes, another river or the sea El Tomillar, J.C. Brazo
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GLACIERS Huge area of moving ice
MOUNTAINS High places on the Earth's surface
PLAINS Large flat areas of land
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PLATEAUS Flat areas, higher than the land around them
CLIFFS Very steep walls of rock, very common on coast and along rivers
OCEANS Huge masses of saltwater
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MESETA Big plateau in the centre of the Iberian Peninsula
MESETA
EBRO PLAIN Flat land between the Sistema Iberico and the Pyrenees GUADALQUIVIR PLAIN Flat land between Sierra Morena and the Penibetica
MESETA
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Main Spanish Landforms Map Cantabrian Range
Pyrinees
Galaico-Leones Range
Costero-Catalana Range
Sistema Central
Ebro Plain Tramontana Range
Mountains of Toledo
Sistema Iberico
Sierra Morena Guadalquivir Plain M.Teide
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Betic Ranges
Meseta Meseta Landforms Meseta Edges Meseta depression Outer Ranges Volcanic Relief
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NOTHERN HALF
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SOUTHERN HALF
Mountains
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Mount Teide
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SPANISH RIVERS (and main tributaries) Drain into the Atlantic Ocean
Cantabrian Sea
Drain into the Cantabrian Sea
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Me dit er r Se ane an a
Atlan ti
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Drain into the Mediterranean Sea
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Cardinal Points
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