6. The mediterranean coasts:
∗ Mild temperatures
∗ Irregular rainfall
Spain: different climates
Inland : the climate is more extreme
• Low temperatures in Winter and high in Summer
• Irregular rainfall
North:
•Low temperatures in Winter and mild in
Summer
•Abundant rainfall
7. Situated in Northwestern Spain
Area of 29,574 km²
1500 km of coast
Four provinces: three of them are in the sea shore.
Oceanic climate: Winters and Summers are mild with abundant rainfall
Galicia: our region
8. ∗ Ocean/Seas. Most important. They condition the
climate
∗ Rivers
∗ Lakes (fresh water) and lagoons (salt water)
∗ Subterranean waters
Galicia’s bodies of water: types
9. ∗ The most important geographical feature of our coast
∗ Inlet that advances into the ocean
∗ They coincide with the mouth of a river
∗ They are subject to the tides
Rias (estuaries)
Rivers that flow into the rias
11. They are very productive due to the rise of cold waters
coming from Atlantic currents
Rias
Rias of Coruña, Betanzos and Ferrol
12. TIDES
The average tide is approximately 2.7 meters
Today (March 15th) High tide: 1 m Low tide: 1,1 m
13. Ria of Ferrol:
data
Average salt in sea: 34-
35,6/1000 g salt/kg water
Mix of fresh water and sea
salt water.
Salinity suffers variations in
Winter due to continental
water.
This influence is much
smaller at depths over 20
meters
Surface water temperature
Minimum of 10-12 ºC in Winter
Maximum of 18-20 ºC in Summer
15. Fishing in Galicia
1,500 km of coast
4,500 km2
aprox. of fishing ground
INDICATORS:
1 boat/km2
17 fishermen/km of coast
4 fishermen/km2
4 sale points/100km of coast
Cedeira harbour (near Ferrol)
16. Fishing
• Shellfish on foot: 5,693
people
• Shellfish on boat: 4,836
people
• Inshore fishing: 9,249 people
• Deep-sea fishing: North Sea
5,177 people
• Aquaculture (turbot): 4,264
people
• Rafts: mussels and oysters Ría of Vigo with rafts
19. ∗ Ferrol
∗ A Coruña
∗ Vigo
∗ Vilagarcía
∗ Marín
∗ San Ciprián
Harbours
Ferrol harbour with a huge cruise
20. ∗ A Coruña
∗ Vigo
∗ Cedeira
∗ Celeiro
∗ Ribeira
Fishing ports
Gran Sol fleet, Vigo Celeiro (Lugo)
A Coruña
21. ∗ Beaches. In Galicia there are hundreds of beaches. Only 15
km from Ferrol we have more than 21 beaches
Water sports:
∗ Surf
∗ Rowing
∗ Sailing
∗ Canoeing
∗ Scuba diving
Recreational uses
Galicia has:
• 86 nautical installations (20% of Spain’s)
•12,000 moorings
•19,000 licenses to practice water sports
Doniños beach. Ferrol
26. Coastal Lagoons
They are small and briny in different degrees
They are important to safeguard the typical Galician
flora and fauna (wetland
Near Ferrol we have two lagoons
Doniños lagoon Valdoviño lagoon
27. ∗ Shipyards in Ferrol and Vigo
∗ 2011: 55 % of all the vessels built in Spain.
∗ 2012: 28 % of all the vessels built in Spain.
The Naval restructuring began in 1982 and hasn’t finished yet.
Naval Industry
Ferrol shipyard
28. In Galicia there are many small rivers, but the most important
ones are the Miño(310 km) and its tributaire the Sil
Rivers
Miño river and Roman bridge
in Ourense
Sil river
29. Human supply.
Recreation.
Power
Irrigation
River Uses
Traditional irrigation channel in Galicia
31. Used years ago to wash clothes by hand. Now they
are being restored and preserved as part of Galicia’s
ethnographic heritage.
Human supply: washing places
33. Energetic use of the rivers
Galicia is one of the
biggest producers of
hydroelectric power in
Spain
147 hydroelectric power
stations (large and small)
38 large hydrolectric
power stations
Fervenza dam in the Xallas river
(Coruña)
36. Subterranean Waters
• Wells: used years ago to get drinking water.
• Fountains: very common in many Galician towns and
villages.
St. Roque fountain (18th
century) FerrolFurado river fountain (Ferrol)
37. ∗ Very common in Galicia.
∗ Used since Roman times to treat respiratory, rheumatic or skin deseases.
∗ The most important ones are in Ourense and the hot water flows at more
than 60 ºC.
∗ Nowadays, most of them are part of spas.
Hot springs
Roman hot spring in Ourense