SOCIAL SCIENCE 6TH OF PRIMARY

THE RELIEF OF EUROPE

EUROPE - BOUNDARIES

Europe is our continentEurope is in the North hemisphereIt is in the same continental mass with AsiaIts boundaries or limits are:

On the NORTH, the Artic Ocean On the SOUTH, the Mediterranean Sea and the Black

Sea On the EAST, the Ural Mounts ,the Ural River and the

Caspian Sea On the WEST, the Atlantic Ocean

RELIEF

In Europe there are:

MOUNTAIN RANGES: the most important are: The Pyrenees in Spain, The Alps in Italy, the Apennines, the Carpathians, etc.

PLATEAUS: the most important are: the Central Plateau in Spain

PLAINS: the great European plain, the East European plain

ELEMENTS OF THE COASTAL RELIEF, such as islands, peninsulas, archipelagos, capes, golfs.

RELIEF

THE COASTS

The coasts of Europe are very different. There are two kinds of coasts depending on the sea or ocean that is surrounded: ATLANTIC COAST: It is very rocky and we can see:

ISLANDS – for example: Iceland and the United Kingdom CAPES – for example: Fisterra cape GOLFS – for example: Bizcay Golf

MEDITERRANEAN COAST: It is low and sandy, we can see: PENÍNSULAS: Iberian peninsula, Italian peninsula and

Balkanian peninsula ISLANDS – for example: Creta, Chipre, Sicilia ARCHIPELAGOS – for example: the Balearic Islands in Spain

EUROPEAN CLIMATES

In Europe, we can distinguish six different kinds of climate: POLAR CLIMATE CONTINENTAL CLIMATE OCEANIC CLIMATE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE SUBTROPICAL CLIMATE

POLAR CLIMATE

It is in the North of Europe, near to the Artic Ocean

The temperatures are low all the yearThe precipitations are not too much,

but it snows.

CONTINENTAL CLIMATE

It is in the East of EuropeThe temperatures are extremes:It doesn’t rain a lot, only in spring or

autumn Very hot in summer Very cold in winter

OCEANIC CLIMATE

It is in the north of Spain, Franche, the United Kingdom, Germany

It rains all the year, mainly in autumn and winter

Soft winters and soft summers

MOUNTAIN CLIMATE

It is in the high places of Europe, for example: the Pyrenees, the Alps, etc.

The temperatures are cold in winter and soft in summer

There are a lot of precipitation. In winter, it normally snows and in summer, it normally rains.

MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE

It is in the countries that are next to the Mediterranean Sea – for example: Italy, Spain, Greece.

The temperatures are soft in winter and hot in summer

The precipitations are irregular, they depend on the season. Sometimes they can cause big problems, such as flood.

SUBTROPICAL CLIMATE

It is in the Canary IslandsThe temperatures are soft (15-20 ºC)

all the yearIt doesn’t rain a lot