CASTILLA LA MANCHA.
CEIP Santa Ana (Madridejos)
CASTILE – LA MANCHA 1.- LANDSCAPES IN CASTILE-LA MANCHA. There are various factors that have influence on the landscape: relief, climate, vegetation, rivers, and human beings actions that can change the landscape in many ways. There are some kinds of landscapes: natural areas with a rich fauna and flora, and human areas where the human factor is very important: areas dedicated to agriculture, or to cattle farming, cities, towns, roads, railways…
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Human area
1.1.- RELIEF: Castile-La Mancha is in the Southern of the Meseta Central. It’s higher than 600 metres above sea level. There are some mountain ranges, plains, and meadows near the rivers. A.- MOUNTAIN RANGES: A.1.- Our región is sourrounded by several mountain chains: 1.- Sistema Central: is in the North, where we find the ‘Sierras de Ayllón’ with ‘el Pico del Lobo’ (the highest peak in CLM), and the ‘Sierra de San Vicente’. 2.- Sistema Ibérico, in the North-East of the region. Where is placed ‘la Serranía de Cuenca’, ‘la Sierra de Albarracín’, (source of Tajo river), and ‘los Montes Universales’ (source of Jucar river) 3.- Cordillera Subbética, in the South-East of the region. Where is located ‘la Sierra de Alcaraz’ and ‘la Sierra del Segura’, where the Segura river has got its source. 4.- Sierra Morena, in the South. It separates Castile-La Mancha from Andalucía. There, we can find ‘la Sierra de Alcudia’ and ‘Sierra Madrona’. A.2.- Inside the region there are two mountain chains: 1.- Los Montes de Toledo (in the South of Toledo) that separates Tajo and Guadiana valleys. 2.- Sierras del Campo de Calatrava, in the centre and South of Ciudad Real. It’s a place with a volcanic origin.