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Fundamentals: mountains and rivers Flashcards

1
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What is either side of the Cordillera Cantábrica?

A

Bay of Biscay
La Meseta

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Which mountain range contains the source of the Ebro river?

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Cordillera Cantábrica

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Which mountain range contains the source of the Duero river?

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Sierra de la Demanda
(in Sistema Ibérico)

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4
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Which mountain range separates the northern and southern Meseta?

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Sistema Central

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5
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Which mountain ranges are either side of the Tajo river?

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N: Sierra de Gredos, Sierra de Guadarrama (in Sistema Central)
S: Sierra de Guadalupe, Montes de Toledo

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6
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Which rivers are either side of the Sierra de Guadalupe and Montes de Toledo?

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N: Tajo
S: Guadiana

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Which mountain ranges are either side of the Guadiana river?

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N: Sierra de Guadalupe, Montes de Toledo
S: Sierra Morena

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Which rivers are either side of the Sierra Morena?

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N: Guadiana
S: Guadalquivir

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9
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Which mountain ranges are either side of the Guadalquivir river?

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N: Sierra Morena
S: Sistema Bético

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10
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Which mountain range is the source of both the Tajo river (which flows into the Atlantic), and the Júcar river (which flows into the Mediterranean Sea)?

A

Sistema Ibérico

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Which major mountain ranges are either side of the Júcar river?

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NE: Sistema Ibérico
SW: Sistema Bético

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12
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Which rivers flowing into the Mediterranean Sea are either side of the Sistema Ibérico?

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NE: Ebro
SW: Júcar

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13
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Which mountain ranges are either side of the Ebro River Basin?

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N: Pirineos
S: Sistema Ibérico

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14
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Which mountains does the Miño river flow through?

A

Macizo Galaico

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15
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In which mountain range is the highest peak in mainland Spain? Name it.

A

Cordillera Penibética
Pico de Mulhacén (3,479m)

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16
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Name the highest peak in the Pirineos

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Pico de Aneto (3,404m)

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17
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Where is the highest peak in Spain, and what is it called?

A

Tenerife
Pico del Teide (3,718m)

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18
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In which major mountain range are the Picos de Europa?

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Cordillera Cantábrica

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Which mountain range separates the Meseta from El Valle de Ebro?

A

Sistema Ibérico

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Which two mountain ranges are in the Sistema Central? Which has the highest peak, and what is it called?

A

Sierra de Gredos
contains Pico Almanzor (2,591m)

Sierra de Guadarrama

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21
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Which mountain range runs down the Catalan coast?

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Cordilleras Costero-Catalanas

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22
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Name the three ranges within the Sistema Bético, and the fourth range within one

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Cordillera Prebética
Cordillera Subbética
Cordillera Penibética
contains Sierra Nevada

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23
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Which mountain ranges are either side of the fertile Andalusian Plain, and which river it at its heart?

A

N: Sierra Morena
S: Sistema Bético
Guadalquivir river

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24
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The Macizo Galaico comprises which three mountain ranges?

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Serra do Eixe
Serra da Enciña da Lastra
Serra do Courel

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25
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Name the bodies of water next to these Rías Baixas subzones:
Val do Salnés
Condado do Tea
O Rosal
Soutomaior
Ribeira do Ulla

A

Umia river
Miño river
Miño river
Ría de Vigo
Ulla river

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26
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Which DO in Rías Baixas contains both the Miño and Sil rivers?

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DO Ribeira Sacra

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27
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Name the three rivers in DO Ribeiro in Rías Baixas

A

Miño
Avia
Arnoia

28
Q

Which DO in Rías Baixas is on the Sil river only?

A

DO Valdeorras

29
Q

What are the mountains in País Vasco called, and which larger mountain range are they part of?

A

Montes Vascos
E section of Cordillera Cantábrica

30
Q

Which autonomous community contains most of the Duero river?

A

Castilla y León

31
Q

Name the mountain ranges that surround the Duero River Basin - the largest on the Iberian Peninsula.

A

NW: Montes de León
N: Cordillera Cantábrica
E: Sistema Ibérico
S: Sistema Central

32
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Which river flows through DO Cigales, and where does it go?

A

Pisuerga river
Second largest tributary to the Duero

33
Q

Which mountain ranges border Rioja?

A

N: Montes Obarenes, Sierra de Toloño (part of Sierra de Cantabria)

S: Sierra de la Demanda (W end of Sistema Ibérico), Sierra de Cameros

34
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Rioja is known as the ‘Zone of the Seven Valleys’. Name the seven tributaries to the Ebro there.

A

(W-E)
Oja
Najerilla
Iregua
Leza
Jubera
Cidacos
Alhama

35
Q

Name the two mountain ranges that border Navarra to the north, and the highest peak

A

Montes Vascos
Pirineos
Mesa de los Tres Reyes

36
Q

Name the three main tributaries to the Ebro in Navarra. Which subzone contains all three?

A

(W-E)
Ega
Arga
Aragón

subzone Ribera Alta

37
Q

In which autonomous community and province is the highest peak in the Pirineos? What is the peak called?

A

Aragón, Huesca province
Pico de Aneto (3,404m)

38
Q

Name five tributaries to the Ebro in Aragón. Which flow through:
DO Calatayud?
DO Cariñena?

A

Jalón (DO Calatayud)
Huerva (DO Cariñena)
Gállego
Martín
Guadalope

39
Q

Name the highest peak in Cataluña

A

Pica d’Estats (3,143m)

40
Q

Subdivide the Cordilleras Costero-Catalanas. Which is nearer the coast? Which is higher?

A

Cordillera Litoral (nearer coast, 763m)
Cordillera Prelitoral (1,712m)

41
Q

Name two rivers that drain from the Pirineos into the Mediterranean. Which is longer? Which is navigable?

A

Ter (208 km)
Llobregat (170 km)
Both navigable (as is the Ebro)

42
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Which 3 mountain ranges and 2 rivers fall within DO Montsant in Cataluña?
Which are in DOQ Priorat?

A

N: Serra de Montsant (part of Cordillera Prelitoral, also DOQ Priorat)
W: Serra de La Figuera
SE: Serra de Llaberia

Siurana river (also DOQ Priorat)
Montsant river

43
Q

Which two mountain ranges terminate in the Comunidad Valenciana?

A

Sistema Ibérico
Sistema Bético

44
Q

Name the two main rivers flowing through the Comunidad Valenciana to the Mediterranean Sea. In which region is their source, and which province do they flow through?

A

Júcar, Castilla-La Mancha, Valencia
Segura, Andalucía, Alicante

45
Q

Which mountain range runs through Murcia?
Highest peak?
In which sector?

A

Cordillera Prebética
Pico del Obispo (2,014m)
Macizo de Revolcadores

46
Q

What is the name of the high plain in Murcia? What does it lie between? Elevation?

A

Altiplano de Jumilla-Yecla
Meseta and Mediterranean Sea
Up to 800m

47
Q

What are the two principal rivers of Murcia?
Which DOs do they touch?

A

Segura
Guadalentín

DO Bullas
DO Jumilla (in Castilla-La Mancha)

48
Q

Which mountain ranges surround Castilla-La Mancha?

A

N: Sistema Central, Sistema Ibérico
S: Sierra Morena, Sistema Bético
W: Montes de Toledo (bisects part of Castilla-La Mancha)
E: flatter land bordering Valencia

49
Q

Which four main rivers flow through Castilla-La Mancha, and where do they eventually empty?

A

Tajo (Atlantic)
Guadiana (Atlantic)
Júcar (Mediterranean)
Segura (Mediterranean)

50
Q

Which two rivers frame DO Manchuela in Castilla-La Mancha?

A

Júcar
Cabriel

51
Q

DO Valdepeñas:
Which river flows through?
Which mountain range blocks any moderating influence from the Mediterranean?

A

Jabalón
Sierra Morena

52
Q

Comunidad de Madrid: which topographical features run along its northern and southern borders?

A

N: Sierra de Guadarrama (E part of Sistema Central), part of Sierra de Gredos
S: Tajo river

53
Q

Which six tributaries flow from the Sistema Central to feed the Tajo river, in Comunidad de Madrid?

Are they navigable?

A

Alberche
Guadarrama (bisects Navalcarnero subzone)
Manzanares
Jarama
Henares
Tajuña

Not navigable (gorges, waterfalls)

54
Q

Which mountains border and enter Extremadura? Highest peak?

A

Bordering Extremadura:
N: Sistema Central (Calvitero, 2,404m)
S: Sierra Morena

In Extremadura:
EC: Sierras Centrales Extremeñas

55
Q

The Sierras Centrales Extremeñas range in east-central Extremadura has a named range within it. What are its two alternative names?
What is it a western extension of?

A

Sierra de Villuercas
Sierra de Guadalupe

W end of Montes de Toledo

56
Q

Two main rivers flow through which provinces of Extremadura?

A

Tajo (Cáceres)
Guadiana (Badajoz)

57
Q

Which major mountain ranges border or enter Andalucía?

A

N border: Sierra Morena
In S: Sistema Bético

58
Q

Name 5 rivers crossing Andalucía to empty into the Atlantic

A

Odiel
Tinto
Guadalete
Gadalquivir
Barbate

59
Q

Name 5 shorter rivers flowing from the Sistema Bético to the Mediterranean Sea in Andalucía

A

Guadiaro
Guadalhorce
Guadalfeo
Andarax
Almanzora

60
Q

Which major rivers flow through sherry country?

A

Guadalquivir
Guadalete

61
Q

Which two rivers delineate DO Montilla-Moriles?

A

NE: Guadajoz
SW: Genil

62
Q

Las Islas Baleares are an extension of which mountain range of mainland Spain? What are they called on Mallorca? Highest peak?

A

Sistems Bético
Serra de Tramuntana
Puig Major (1,445m)

63
Q

Name the only river on Las Islas Baleares. Which island?

A

Santa Eulalia River
Ibiza

64
Q

Most islands in Las Islas Canarias ascend directly from the ocean floor. Which main ones don’t, and what do they rise from?

A

Fuerteventura
Lanzarote

They sit on an undersea plateau called the Canary Ridge

65
Q

Which islands in Las Islas Canarias have volcanoes that have been active since 15C? Which eruption created a unique soil type?

A

Lanzarote (lapilli, 1730-36)
Tenerife
La Palma
El Hierro

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