1. THE RELIEF OF SPAIN
6 T H P R I M A R Y

2. Rivers
Parts:
- Water division
- Birth
- Upper course
- Middle course
- Lower course
- River mouth

3. Vocabulary
 MOUNTAINS are high elevations of land.
 PLAINS are large extensions of flat land.
 PLATEAUS are high areas of flat land.
 MOUNTAIN RANGE – group of mountains
 VALLEY – space between 2 mountains in which a river
goes.

4. Relief of spain

5. Central plateau and its mountains
 In the middle of Spain there is a big
Plateau.
 The CENTRAL SYSTEM divides the
plateau in two:
NORTH SUBPLATEAU
SOUTH SUBPLATEAU

6. Mountain range near the plateau
Leon Mounts
Galician Massif
Cantabrian Range
Iberian system
Sierra Morena

7. Exterior mountain range
Basque Mounts
Pyrenees
Coastal-Catalan System
Betic system

8. QUESTIONS
 What is in the middle of the peninsula?
 What’s the name of a group of mountains?
 What’s the name of the mountain range next to the
Cantabrian Sea?
 What mountain separates Spain from France?
 The Iberyan System is a mountain that is near or
exterior of the plateau?

9. ACTIVITIES
 1.Classify these mountains in MIDDLE, NEAR,
EXTERIOR
 2.In this map of Spain, please, write the names of the
exercise 1 in the correct place
PYRENEES – LEON MOUNTS- CENTRAL SYSTEM – COASTAL
CATALAN SYSTEM – GALICIAN MASSIF – SIERRA MORENA –
BASQUE MOUNTS – IBERIAN SYSTEM

10. JOURNAL
 Which mountains are in your Autonomous
Community?