Geography vocabulary "2ª Unit"

Vegetation in Europe and in Spain:
                                                      
                     Clear Forest                                                                        Taiga
                                                                                                           

                                       Shrubs
                                     
                                                                           
  

 

                               Meadow
                                      Holm oak

                         
                              Thickets

 




Fauna in Europe and  in Spain:


                         Fallow                                                                                        Stork

                          Vulture                                                                                  Marten

                   

                      Chamois                                                                                    Patridge

                          Falcon                                                                          Gull

                                                                          


Definitions of the land and coastal relief :

Capes: are large areas of hight coastal land

Estuary: mouth of a river open to the sea.

Cliffs: are high rock faces at the edge of the sea.

Continental shelf: is the land that is underwater.

Abyssal plain: is a large expanse of land.

Gulfs: are deep inlets of the sea.

Continental slope: is the incline from the continental platform down to the abyssal plain.

Beaches: are formed by the accumulation of the sand and gravel.