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PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY J. Cesar Brazo Mur

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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

c Oc ean

Drain into the Mediterranean Sea

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Cardinal Points

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