Spain has three watersheds: the Cantabrian watershed with short rivers that have a lot of water due to heavy rainfall, the Atlantic watershed with long rivers that have irregular flows depending on the season, and the Mediterranean watershed with short rivers that also have irregular seasonal flows except for the Ebro River which is the longest in Spain.

1. THE RIVERS OF SPAIN
4th of Primary

2. THE 3 WATERSHEDS
• In Spain there are 3 watersheds:

3. CANTABRIAN WATERSHED
• Short rivers
• With a lot of water, because in this part of Spain
it rains a lot
• RIVERS: Nervión, Nalón, Navia

4. ATLANTIC WATERSHED
• The rivers are long
• They have an irregular flow
▫ In winter, as it rains and snow, they have water
▫ In summer, as it doesn’t rain, they don’t have
much water.
• Rivers: Miño, Duero, Tajo, Guadiana,
Guadalquivir

5. MEDITERRANEAN WATERSHED
• The rivers are short
• They have irregular flow, that is, sometimes they
have a lot of water and sometimes not. It
depends on the season.
• Except EBRO – It is the longest and more
abundant of Spain
• RIVERS – Ebro, Jucar and Segura

6. QUESTIONS
• Which watershed has long rivers?
• Which watershed has short rivers with a lot of
water?
• Which watershed has short rivers with irregular
flow?
• Which rivers crossed Extremadura?
• Which river is the longest and has more water of
Spain?

7. ACTIVITIES
• Classify these rivers in the correct watershed
JUCAR – NALÓN – TAJO – GUADALQUIVIR – NAVIA – EBRO – SEGURA
– MIÑO – NERVIÓN – GUADIANA - DUERO
CANTABRIAN
WATERSHED
ATLANTIC
WATERSHED
MEDITERRANEAN
WATERSHED

8. JOURNAL
• Write 3 sentences about today’s class
▫ Example: Nervion is a river from the cantabrian
watershed.