THE WATERSHEDS OF SPAIN

Watersheds are the dividing lines of mountain ranges.
They are areas of land which descend from high ridges.
Rivers on the same watershed flow into the same sea.
Spain has three main watersheds:

• The Cantabrian watershed has short, fast-flowing rivers. Their flow is abundant and regular: the Nervion, the Saja, the Navia and the Nalon.
• The Mediterranean watershed occupies about one third of Spain. The rivers are short, with the exception of the Ebro. Their flow is irregular: the Ebro, the Jucar and the Segura.
• The Atlantic watershed occupies over half of Spain. The flow of the rivers is abundant and regular: the Miño, the Duero, the Tagus, the Guadiana and the Guadalquivir. The Tagus is the longest river in Spain.

RIVERS (IN SPAIN)

Rivers are bodies of moving water.
They start in the mountains and flow into the sea, a lake or another river.
A tributary is a river that flows into a larger river.
The volume of water is called the flow.
The principal rivers os Spain are the Tagus, the Ebro, the Duero, the Miño, the Guadalquivir, the Guadiana, the Segura and the Jucar.

REMEMBER

LANDSCAPES
Landscapes can be coastal or inland.
Inland landscapes consist of mountains and plains.
Mountains are areas of high land with steep slopes.
Plains are large areas of flat land.
Coastal landscapes are near the sea.
There are beaches and cliffs on the coast.

Clicking on the links you can remember what we studied last year:
Inland landscapes,  mountain landscapes,  flatland, features of landscapes, characteristics of coastal landscapes, costal features and people and coastal landscapes.

RIVERS
Rivers are large, flowing bodies of water.
The course of a river starts at its source in the mountains and flows into the sea at its mouth.

Clicking on the links you can remember what we studied last year:
What is a river and the course of a river.