The world around us
There are more than 1 800 rivers in Spain. Some rivers are quite
short, particularly in northern Spain, but there are several long rivers
which flow into the Atlantic Ocean. Their volume varies a lot between
summertime, when there are sometimes
droughts
and wintertime,
when there can be floods.
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What are Spain’s rivers like?
1
In pairs, answer these questions:
a)
What’s the name of the point where a river starts?
b)
What’s the name of a small river that flows into a bigger river?
G
E T T I N G S T A R T E D
Rivers that
flow into
the Atlantic
Ocean form
the
Atlantic
watershed
.
Their
volume
varies
depending on
the season.
Rivers that flow into the
Cantabrian Sea form the
Cantabrian watershed
.
These are generally
short rivers that carry
a lot of water all year
round due to
rainfall
.
Rivers that flow into the Mediterranean Sea form the
Mediterranean watershed
. These rivers are not very long,
except for the
Ebro
, which is the longest river in Spain.
Their
volume
varies a lot depending on the season.
