ANALISYS OF ARURAL LANDSCAPE

Analysis of a rural landscape

    First we are going to define what a rural landscape is: a rural landscapeis a type of landscape that combines abiotic, biotic and anthropic elements.

    Secondly, with regard in the physical factors, we know that this is a Atlantic lanscape that has regular and abundant precipitations. Also we know that the temperatures are mild on winters and cool on summers. The vegetation is divided, we can see that there are forests with pinetrees and bushes in high areas and little green fields in the lowest part. Knowing this characteristics we can say that this lanscape is located in the north part of the peninsula.

    Taking about the settlement patterns we observe that there are dispersed plots, that are small, their shape is iregular and build in enclosed field with bocage.The Traditional houses are usually built with stone and wood in order to protect them  from the low temperatures. 

    In fourth place we are going to talk about the plots. in the picture we can see that there aren´t many types of crops in fields and this indicates that this is a monoculture cultivation.

    On the other hand, other uses of the land are livestock, turism, and residencial. With regard in the livestock, in this part of the peninsula cattle are reared to produce milk and meat. Looking to the image I think turists could be attract to the nature and the tradicional houses.

    Finally, we are going to talk about the problems that affect rural areas and posible solutions. I think that the main problems that have the rural areas are the lack of public services, such as the hospital, the education, the public bus, the supermarkets and the demografic challenge (aging population), and other big problem is the aging of the habitants of the village, continuing with the problems, in the mayority of the towns there is no telephone coverage. All these problems has a consecuence: depopulation of rural areas. I think one of the main solutions of these problems is that the politicians use the money of the taxes to fix those problems (like lowering house taxes...).

MY VILLAGE - CORRALES DEL VINO (ZAMORA)

DESCRIPTION AND ANALYSIS OF A CLIMATE GRAPH

                                    Analysis of navacerrada climate graph

Just start with the definition of a climate graph, is a graphic representation of temperatures and precipitations of a place over the course of a year. The temperatues are representated with red lines while precipitations are shown with vertical blue bars.


Secondly, we are going to talk about the analysis precipitations we observe that the total rainfall is very abundant with 1273mm so this is a mountain climate.  The distribution of the arids months is fairly regular with only one arid month (August), and this is typical of a oceanic climate but proximaly to areas with a mediterranean inland climate.

On the other hand we observe that the temperatures are cold, the temperature range is over 16ºC so this climate graph is located in inland area in which summers are mild and the hottest months are July and August (16,3ºC) while winters are moderate with december and january as the coldest months (-0,7ºC).  

 Taking about the aridity and considering the Maratonne index we can admit that this is a humid  climate.

  In fifth place, considering the precipitations, temperatures and aridity we can conclude this is an alpine climate located in the guadarrama sierra.

Finally, knowing the type of climate we conclude that this climate graph is from Navacerrada. This is located in the center of the peninsula in which summers are mild and wnters are very cold.

On the other hand I think that the influences of human activity is damage to the enviroment we can look after it such as don´t pollution rivers, don´t deforest and don´t contaminate the atmosphere.

Finally, talking about the natural and human landscape we have to say that vegetation is arranged in levels. The first level, the mediterranean forests orm cultivated crops at the foot af the mountain, the next level, decidious forests and conifer forests, then the shrubland and mountain meadows appear at 1600m and the last level, highest peaks doesn´t have vegetation. There are few inhabitants and they live in farmhouses or in small villages. The economy is based on livestock farming and logging.

CLIMATE GRAPHS

ANALISYS OF A TOPOGRAPHIC PROFILE

A topographic profile is the graphic representation of the relief of an area,obtained by cutting transversely the contour lines of a topographic map.

The profile that we are going to analyze goes from the golf of Lion to the cape of S. Vicente.The line follows a NE-SW direction and crosses the following units of relief: Pyrenees, the depression of the river Ebro, the Iberian System, the southern Sub-Platean, Montes of Toledo and the depression of Guadalquivir.

The first unit of relief crossed by the line is the Pyrenees. This mountain range was form during the Tertiary era as a consequence of the Alpine Orogeny.The highest mont of the pyrenees is Aneto with 3404 m over the sea.

The next unit of relief is The Depression of Ebro. This depression was form durig the Tertiary era by the Alpine Orogeny.It is paralel from the pyrenees.

After the depression of Ebro the line crosses the Iberian System. This, has two parts or sectors, the interior and the exterior.
In the interior the main ranges are Demanda, Moncayo, Albarrazin and Serrania. On the other hand the main peaks of the exterior are Javalambre and Gudar. It (Sistema Iberico) was created in the third period.

After the Sistema Iberico, in my line goes the Sistema Central it is the highest inner range of the plateau (600-800 m),and the main mountain ranges are Somosierra, Guadarrama, Gredos, Peña de Francia and Gata.. It was form in the primary period.

 In the fifth unit of relief is the Submeseta Sur ,It is the lowest range of the plateau,and the main peak is Guadalupe. It was formed in the Cenozoic.

The last relief is the Guadalquivir river basin that is between the Submeseta sur and the Sistemas Beticos. It was form inthe tertiary era during the lpine orogeny.