Social Science 22nd April 2020

Good morning, kids!

A few days ago we started a new section devoted to rivers. Let's continue with that. Today we are going to pay attention to some rivers in Spain. 

We said the other day that the river basin is the area of land a river flows through (todo el terreno por el que fluye un río). 

Today we are going to introduce a new concept: watershed. If you have a look at the next map (the same you can find on PB page 47 but with different colours), you can see that some rivers flow into the Atlantic Ocean, others into the Cantabrian Sea and others into the Mediterranean Sea. 

So, we can classify the rivers in Spain according to the sea or ocean they flow into. 

Example: Guadalquivir is a river in the Atlantic watershed (it means it flows into the Atlantic Ocean). 

1. According to that, classify the next rivers in three categories: ATLANTIC WATERSHED, CANTABRIAN WATERSHED, MEDITERRANEAN WATERSHED.

RIVERS: Guadalquivir, Segura, Ebro, Tajo, Júcar, Guadiana, Duero, Miño, Nervión, Tambre, Almanzora, Turia, Eo. 

ATLANTIC WATERSHED	CANTABRIAN WATERSHED	MEDITERRANEAN WATERSHED

2. There is a similar activity on AB page 16: exercise 7.

3. Try the next game about rivers in Spain (it is similar to one you played some days ago). 

RIVERS IN SPAIN

4. Finally, choose one of the main rivers in Spain, do a bit of research and write:

- where it begins (its source).

- where it ends (its mouth).

- how long it is.

- one tributary.

- some important cities it flows through. 

This is my example (you can't use it).

Guadalquivir 

Source: Sierra de Cazorla, Segura y las Villas (Jaén).

Mouth: Sanlúcar de Barrameda (Atlantic Ocean).

Length: 657 km.

Tributaries: Genil, Guadiamar...

Some cities it flows through: Andújar, Córdoba, Sevilla, Sanlúcar de Barrameda. 

Son varias cosas, pero recordad que no hay que hacerlo todo en un día. Poco a poco. Son solo recomendaciones. 

See you tomorrow :)

Ramón C.