GEOGRAPHY UNIT 2 : CLIMATE AND BIOGREOGRAPHY IN EUROPE

Here is the vocabulary releted to UNIT 2: THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT

1.3-CLIMATE AND BIOGEOGRAPHY IN EUROPE:
-Maritime: Type of climate that is found on the western edge, with mild temperatures(0-12ºC) and little temperature variation. The storms which penetrate from the Athlantic create a region of abundant precipitations throughout the whole year.

      Flora: Forests (oaks, beeches, pines)



 Shrubs, thickets,heather and grassland

 





Fauna: Deers, foxes,salmon,seals, water birds

 

 

-Mediterranean: This type of climate is found throughout the continent. It has higher temperatures(7-20ºC)  as well as lower and more irregular precipitation with vey dry summers.

 

Flora: Shrubs(maquis),thickets,clear forests(pine), meadowns(holm oak, cork oak)

 

 

 Fauna: Lynx,fox,rabbit,boar,fallow deer, stork, vulture, reptiles, birds...

 

 

 

-Continental: This type of climate has lower temperaturas(0-10ºC) and huge temperature contrasts.

Precipitation is medium or low(snow and summer rains)

 

Flora:Taiga(forest), steppe(grasslands) and mixed forests(firs, pines, birches)

 

Fauna: Brown bear, wolf ,fox,marten,mink, deer, raptors



 

 

-Alpine: The altitude causes a decrease in temperatures(-0ºC) and an increase in precipitation. Found on mountain ranges.

 

Flora: Depending on the height(altitudional zonation), forests and Alpine pastures.

Fauna:Deer, Wolf, bear, chamois,marmot and eagles.

 



 

-Polar:This type of climate is located beyond The Artic Circle. It has a Little precipitation, mostly in form of snow, an very low temperatures(below zero) 



Flora:Tundra(grass and bushes)                                    

 

 

 



 

 

Fauna: Reindeer,seal and whale

GEOGRAPHY UNIT 1 GLOSSARY

Here are the new words that I learnt during this first unit:

GEOGRAPHY: Science that aims to identify, contextualise, describe, explain and relate the different facts and phenomena that are associated with territories.
 
ANTHROPIC:  Not created by humans, artificial.
 
SOIL: Land, ground.
 
SUPRANATIONAL UNIT: Assotiation of different countries that have the same political, economic, culural or social interests. Ex: European Unión
 
 
CARTOGRAPHY: Discipline that is concerned with representing territories, from the smallest ones to the Earth as a whole.
 
PORTULAN CHARTS: Type of maps that dispayed the coasts in great detail because they were used to navigate the sea.

FAN:

CITY PLAN: Representation of very small places in great detail that show the layout of the streets, the location of squares, transport infraestructures(roads, airports, railways...), the most important buildings and monuments...

GIT: Geographic Information Technology is a group of methods and techniques used to find out about and represent territories.
 
TIMBER: Wood used for industry.
 
DAM: A barrier constructed across a waterway to control the flow or rise the level of the water.
 
IRRIGATION SYSTEM: To supply(land or crops) with wáter by means of pipes, sprinkles, ditches ans streams.

 IT LIES...: It is located/ situated...
 
EARTHQUAKE: Sudden movement of the ground caused by movements within the earth's crust.
 
TO FLOOD: An overflowing of water onto land that is normally dry.
 
MOUNTAIN RANGE: Group of mountains.
 
FIRE INSURANCE: Insurance covering damage ot loss caused by fire or lightning.
 
GRASS HOPPER:

BOUNDARIES OF COUNTRIES: Limits of countries.
 
RAINFOREST:  A dense evergreen forest  usually located in the tropics with a minimun annual rainfall of approximately 180 centimeters.
 
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