Volume 1

Spain & Portugal / by E.W. Gilbert [and others].

  • Great Britain. Naval Intelligence Division.
Date:
1941-1945
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Spain & Portugal / by E.W. Gilbert [and others]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS INTRODUCTION: (0° iets Stree Area and Ce eh con chee ne gionalism—History—Maps—Regional Division—Arrangement of Book. I]. GENERAL PHYSICAL AND GEOLOGICAL DESCRIP- TION: 2 9 I. The River ee oe a, of Me ae The Cantabrian slope—Galician rivers—Rivers of the Atlantic slope—The Plain of Andalusia—The southern slopes of the Andalusian mountains—The Levantine drainage slope—The Ebro basin—The Catalan drainage slope. II. General Description. III. Regional Descriptions. ‘The Pyrenees—The Basque lands —The Cantabrian mountains—Galicia—The Sil basin—The North and South Douro plateaux—The Portuguese central ridge—The Northern 'Tableland—The Central Sierras—The Southern 'Tableland—The Iberic mountains—The Andalusian mountains—The Ebro trough—The Portuguese coastal lands —The Plain of Andalusia—The southern coastal strip—The Levantine lowlands—Catalonia—The Balearic Islands. Ill. THE COASTS OF THE IBERIAN PENINSULA . bE The Cantabrian coast—The coast of Galicia—The coast of Portugal—The Atlantic coast of Southern Spain—The southern Mediterranean coast of Spain—The Levantine coast—The Catalan coast. IV. THE CLIMATE OF THE IBERIAN PENINSULA . >. 81 I. General Factors. 'The main pressure and wind belts—Medi- terranean effects—Effects of the Iberian land-mass. II. General Account of the Climate. Direction and characteristics of prevailing winds—FEffects of depressions—Local winds— Yearly temperature distribution—Seasonal range—Daily range —Extreme temperatures—Relative humidity—Cloudiness and sunshine—Precipitation—Snowfall and snow-cover—Swell. III. Regional Accounts. ‘The Pyrenees—The Basque lands and the Cantabrian mountains—Galicia—The Sil basin—The Douro Plateaux and the Portuguese central ridge—The Northern 'Tableland—The Central Sierras—The Southern Tableland—The Iberic mountains—The Andalusian moun- tains—The Ebro trough—The Portuguese coastal lands—The Plain of Andalusia—The southern coastal strip—The Levantine lowlands—Catalonia—The Balearic Islands. Table of Spanish roads blocked by snow during winter months. 131 A 63 a3