What are Spain's coasts and islands like? - Contenido educativo

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Wednesday the 4th of November

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Hello guys, how are you? 00:00:01

So today we are going to study about the coasts and islands of Spain 00:00:03

Okay, the Spain's coasts and islands. We are on page 14 on the social science book 00:00:08

Let's start reading 00:00:16

Spain is on a peninsula and its coast land is varied 00:00:17

There are rocky coasts with high cliffs 00:00:22

So the coasts are rocky. They have got a lot of rocks with high cliffs. Remember cliffs that we studied this word in the vocabulary of English? A cliff was a cantilado. So Spain has got high cliffs. 00:00:25

But it also has flat coasts with white sandy beaches. Coasts that are flat with white and sandy beaches. Beaches with a lot of sand. 00:00:41

In Spain there are also capes which often have lighthouses to warn boats about the rocky coasts, archipelagos, islands, bays, gulfs and rias. 00:00:55

Okay, we are going to study these words. A cape. What is a cape? A cape is like a peninsula or a piece of land that extends into the sea. Here. For example, this one. 00:01:09

Cape in geography is a piece of land or a peninsula 00:01:27

Here that extends into the sea in Spanish. We say Cabo 00:01:32

Okay, and it often has 00:01:37

light 00:01:40

houses 00:01:41

For example this one to warn boats 00:01:43

So that the boats don't crash 00:01:47

Okay to warn boats about the coast 00:01:50

There are also archipelagos. Remember what an archipelago is? An archipelago is a group of islands and in Spain we have two very famous archipelagos. 00:01:52

We have Islas Baleares, no? And we have Canary Islands, Balearic Islands and the Canary Islands. 00:02:06

And an archipelago is made up of different islands, ok? 00:02:13

For example, in Canary Islands you can find Tenerife, La Palma, in Baleares, in Balearic Islands you can find Ibiza, Mallorca, Menorca, ok? 00:02:19

We also have bays, a bay is the opposite of a cape. 00:02:32

If a cave is a piece of land that produces into the sea, that extends into the sea, a bay is an area of sea, of water, of sea, which cuts into the land. 00:02:36

Okay, the sea goes into the land. This is a bay. Una bahía. And a big, big, big, big, big bay, a large bay, is a gulf. Un golfo. A gulf. Okay? Gulf of Mexico, or in Spain we have Gulf of Cádiz. In Spain, this one. A gulf. A large bay. Una bahía grande. A large bay. 00:03:00

Ok, let's continue and we also have Rías that we are going to study later. 00:03:26

Let's start with the Cantabrian Sea. 00:03:33

A cave is a peninsula which protrudes into a body of water. 00:03:36

The main caves on the Cantabrian coast are Cabo de Machichaco in Vizcaya in País Vasco, 00:03:41

Ajo in Cantabria and Ortegal and Estaca de Bares in Galicia. 00:03:48

Let's see a picture for example of Machichago, Cabo de Machichago, this one here, this is 00:03:53

the cape and as you can see it has got a lighthouse, then we have Cabo de Ajo, which Anabel loves 00:04:04

this cape, then sunset is beautiful here in Cabo de Ajo and for example Cabo de 00:04:14

Ortegal, well let's see a picture in Galicia this one beautiful as well and 00:04:24

you can see a lighthouse here okay these are the caves these are the most 00:04:33

important capes on the Cantabrian coast now we are going to study the Atlantic 00:04:39

coast the main capes on the Atlantic coasts are Cabo de Fisterra and Trafalgar 00:04:45

Cabo de Fisterra is in Galicia and it's it is considered the end of the world it 00:04:52

was considered the end of the world el fin del mundo that's why it's called 00:04:59

Fisterra. Cabo de Fisterra, this one, here, in Galiz. Beautiful as well. And we also have 00:05:03

Cabo Trafalgar. Trafalgar. This one here, another cape with a lighthouse. Now, if we 00:05:13

go to the Mediterranean coast you can see Cabo de Gata, Cabo de Palos, Cabo de Lanao 00:05:30

and Creus. 00:05:42

Let's see a picture of here, Cabo de Creus is here in Catalunya, for example Cabo de 00:05:44

which is very famous here this is Cabo de Gata okay another Cape very important 00:05:51

Cape now let's continue with the Gulf a Gulf is sea cutting into land it's the 00:06:04

opposite of a Cape okay the sea gets into the land goes into the land cuts 00:06:18

into the land. A small gulf is often called a bay okay so a gulf is a big big 00:06:23

big bay. Spain's biggest gulfs are the Golfo de Cádiz here, Valencia and 00:06:30

Roses here. Golfo de Roses, Golfo de Valencia and Golfo de Cádiz. Let's see a 00:06:39

picture of Golfo de Valencia for example. Here the land gets into the sea. The land 00:06:45

cuts I mean the sea the opposite the sea gets into the land the land is here and 00:06:56

the sea cuts into the land that's a gulf okay let's go to Rías. Rías are a coastal 00:07:03

landform they are submerged river valleys okay 00:07:17

Son valles de río sumergidos, sometimes with steep sides that open into the sea. 00:07:22

They were formed when sea levels rose and flooded a river valley. 00:07:32

So, there was a river valley, un valle fluvial, un valle de río, and the sea level rose and floated, inundó the valley. 00:07:38

Okay, here you can find a picture, for example, Ría Geográfica, here, the sea level rose and flooded the valley, okay, this is a ría, or here, the main rías in Spain are located in the north, and especially on the Galician coast, here, as you can see, we have Rías Altas and Rías Baixas, 00:07:50

Rías Altas include the Rías de Ares, Betanzos, Ferrol, Cedeira and Ortigueira, and the Rías Baixas include the Rías de Vigo, Pontevedra and Arousa. 00:08:24

Let's see a picture of Rías Altas, for example... 00:08:38

Let's see if we have a picture here, in Galicia. 00:08:45

For example, Inferrol, this is a RIA, Inferrol, the sea level flooded the valley, el valle, inundó el valle. 00:08:49

Ok guys, so that's it, if you have any questions you can send me an email and you have to do exercise 2, you have to write true or false, and remember you need to correct the false sentences. 00:09:13

Ok, bye bye. 00:09:25