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.
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
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