1. Natural Science area
Primary School
Six Year
Andalusian History,
Geography, society and
wildlife

2. Andalusia was
always the
preferred
destination of
very different
civilisations
Córdoba as the capital of the powerful
Caliphate and Granada as last Muslim
stronghold were the most important cities
during the eight hundred years the Arabs
were in Spain.

3. I need that you help me to remember some
Andalusia's monuments
Roman
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Muslim
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Others
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You can say to me some Roman
monument and another Muslim?

4. We are lucky to live in Andalusia. Our
region is a beautiful part in the southern of
Spain

5. I love
Andalucia.
You dare to
know it with
me.

6. Pay attention on this map. We are going to place the provinces of
Andalusia.
Click here to make this activity

7. Andalusia has a wide array of social customs, many of which have
their roots in the Islamic traditions integrated into the area under
Muslim rule. Each part in the antique Al-Andalus has it s own
unique customs that are closely tied to a combination Catholicism
and local folklore.

8. In Andalusía
Add here your
there exists a
video link, please
very famous
dance that it
represents
Spain in the
world. You
might say
which is and to
look for a link
where an
example
appears

9. A bit of nature
In the Sierra Morena and the Betica ranges
mountains can be found numerous large artificial
lakes, catchment basins for large amounts of
precipitation, serving as reservoir for the birds,
agriculture and for the water supply of the big cities.

10. The Andalusian landscape is varied. Besides the
expanded valley of the Guadalquivir river and its
tributaries we find large forests of deciduous and
cork trees in the low mountain ranges, snow-
covered alpine high mountains, over 500 miles
of coastline, the volcanic landscape of the “Cabo
de Gata” and even a half desert close to
Tabernas

11. Andalusia can be considered a bridge between Europe and Africa and
connects the Mediterranean with the Atlantic Ocean. The most southern
part of Spain with its 87.300 square kilometres (54.250 square miles) is
also the largest one of the spanish Autonomous Regions.
Its geography - especially of the western provinces - is dominated by the
fertile valley of the Guadalquivir river and his numerous tributaries. The
depression of the valley separates the Sierra Morena mountains in the
north from the Bética ranges in the southeast. Half of the andalusian
surface is mountainous, one third on a level of more than 600 meter
altitude and even 46 peaks are higher than 1.000 meters. The highest
mountains of the spanish peninsula are situated in the Sierra Nevada
mountains: the Mulhacén (3.481 meters) an the Veleta (3.398).

12. 18 % of t he andal usi an t er r i t or y i s under pr ot ect i on.
Ther e ar e 23 N ur al Par ks (Par ques N ur al es), 30
at at
N ur al R
at eser ves (R eser vas N ur al es) and 31 N ur al
at at
Si t es (Par aj es N ur al es), di st r i but ed bet w
at een t he
coast l i ne and var i ous m ount ai nous ar eas. O speci al
f
i nt er est as an ani m r ef uge i s t he Doñana N i onal
al at
Par k, l ocat ed on t he m h of t he G
out uadal qui vi r r i ver . A
sm l er par t of t he m
al ount ai n r ange of Si er r a N evada,
f or mer host of t he ski w l d-cham onshi p, has al so
or pi
been decl ar ed N i onal Par k i n 1999. A t of t hese
at par
m ust be m i oned t he beaut i f ul Si er r a de G azal em and
ent r a
Si er r a de C azor l a.

13. These are the Natural Reserves and parks
of Andalusía

14. Only a few lynxes
stay at liberty in
Andalusia. Search
in Internet in
what nature
reserve the last
lynxes live.
This animal is a
jewel. You only can
see it if you come to
Andalusia. It is a) Almería
b) Jaén
called Iberian lynx. c) Huelva
d) Málaga

15. The andalusian wildlife is great
In the saws greedy birds live as the vulture, the golden eagle, the goshawk and
the sparrow-hawk. Also there are mammals as the wild goat, the wild boar, the
deer, the fox and the Iberian lynx.
In the plains there live birds like eagles, kites, cranes and white storks.
In the shores of the rivers and lagoons we can find Flemings, ducks and
herons. In the waters live fish like the tents, barbels and tenches.

16. Search on Internet some information about the Natural Park
of Cazorla, Segura y las Villas. ¿What can you tell about this
place?
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17. Bye. See you soon