{"id":8685,"date":"2015-05-14T14:18:58","date_gmt":"2015-05-14T18:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=8685"},"modified":"2015-05-13T18:19:47","modified_gmt":"2015-05-13T22:19:47","slug":"spanish-vocabulary-physical-geography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/spanish-vocabulary-physical-geography\/","title":{"rendered":"Spanish Vocabulary: Physical Geography"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a1Buenas tardes!<\/p>\n<p>El martes pasado mencionamos el terremoto ocurrido en Nepal en la <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/spanish-english-parallel-texts-101-year-old-man-rescued-after-nepal-earthquake\/\" target=\"_blank\">secci\u00f3n Spanish English Parallel Texts<\/a>, y hoy repasaremos el vocabulario de geograf\u00eda f\u00edsica para\u00a0entender esta clase de noticias. \u00bfPuedes reconocer\u00a0el nombre en ingl\u00e9s de estas palabras en espa\u00f1ol?<\/p>\n<p><strong>T\u00e9rminos generales<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Planisferio.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Relieve<\/strong>: It is originated by orogenesis (<strong>orog\u00e9nesis<\/strong>), erosion (<strong>erosi\u00f3n<\/strong>) and sedimentation (<strong>sedimentaci\u00f3n<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_8688\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/esquema-volcan.jpg\" aria-label=\"Esquema Volcan 300x270\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8688\" class=\"wp-image-8688 size-medium\"  alt=\"esquema-volcan\" width=\"300\" height=\"270\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/esquema-volcan-300x270.jpg\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8688\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aqu\u00ed vemos la corteza y el manto. Y un volc\u00e1n.<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Estructura interna de la tierra<\/strong>: It consists of three concentric layers: the crust (<strong>la\u00a0corteza<\/strong>), the mantle (<strong>el manto<\/strong>) and\u00a0the core (<strong>el n\u00facleo<\/strong>). Movements in the crust, which is rigid and divided in tectonic plates (<strong>placas tect\u00f3nicas<\/strong>) are responsible for continental drift (<strong>la deriva continental<\/strong>) and orogenesis.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Terremoto o se\u00edsmo (a veces, sismo): <\/strong>Caused by the continental drift.<\/li>\n<li><b>Erupci\u00f3n volc\u00e1nica: <\/b>Caused by the violent emission of magma (<strong>el magma<\/strong>)\u00a0along\u00a0the volcano&#8217;s chimney \u00a0(<strong>la chimenea<\/strong>) through the crater (<strong>el cr\u00e1ter<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<li><b>Erosi\u00f3n: <\/b>A\u00a0process of wearing away of the surface by external agents (<strong>agentes externos<\/strong>), such as wind, water, ice (<strong>viento, agua, hielo<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Formas de relieve continental\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8689\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/800px-Continents_by_colour.svg_.png\" aria-label=\"800px Continents By Colour.svg  300x168\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8689\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8689\"  alt=\"Image by Messer Woland and Petr Dlouh\u00fd\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/800px-Continents_by_colour.svg_-300x168.png\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8689\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image by Messer Woland and Petr Dlouh\u00fd<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Continentes: <\/b>Large extensions of earth surrounded by water. There are six continents, in Spanish we call them:\u00a0Asia, Am\u00e9rica, \u00c1frica, la Ant\u00e1rtida, Europa y Ocean\u00eda.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_8690\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/ThinkstockPhotos-450746891.jpg\" aria-label=\"ThinkstockPhotos 450746891 300x201\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8690\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8690\"  alt=\"Sangre de Cristo Mountains\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/ThinkstockPhotos-450746891-300x201.jpg\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8690\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sangre de Cristo Mountains<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Monta\u00f1a<\/b>: An\u00a0elevation of the earth&#8217;s surface above 700 meters. We also have <b>montes, <\/b>below 700 meters and\u00a0<b>cerros, <\/b>below<b> <\/b>200 meters. When you have several lines of mountains, it is called a <strong>c<\/strong><b>ordillera,\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0while only one line of mountains is a <b>sierra<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li><b>Meseta<\/b>: Flat extension of land located 500 meters or more above the sea level.<\/li>\n<li><b>Llanura<\/b>: Flat extension of land closer to the sea level.<\/li>\n<li><b>Valle<\/b>: A plain between two mountains, usually run across by a river.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/water-286828_1280.jpg\" aria-label=\"Water 286828 1280 300x169\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8691\"  alt=\"Un r\u00edo\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/water-286828_1280-300x169.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>R\u00edo<\/b>: Water current that runs from the mountains to the sea, lake or ocean. If it flows into another one, it is called <b>afluente<\/b>. We refer to <strong>el\u00a0<\/strong><b>caudal <\/b>to talk about the amount of water it carries; <strong>el\u00a0<\/strong><b>cauce <\/b>is the area\u00a0through which it runs, and <strong>la<\/strong>\u00a0<b>cuenca<\/b>\u00a0is the widest part of <strong>el\u00a0r\u00edo. <\/strong>If the volume is scarce and intermittent we call it <strong>un\u00a0<\/strong><b>arroyo<\/b>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_8695\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/tahquomenon-falls-73592_1280.jpg\" aria-label=\"Tahquomenon Falls 73592 1280 300x225\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8695\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8695\"  alt=\"Cataratas\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/tahquomenon-falls-73592_1280-300x225.jpg\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8695\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cataratas<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Curso del r\u00edo:<\/b>\u00a0It has three parts:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Curso alto,\u00a0<\/strong>where we can find:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>los<\/strong> <b>r\u00e1pidos <\/b>(steep slope areas)<\/li>\n<li><b>las cascadas<\/b>(where water falls)<\/li>\n<li><b>las cataratas <\/b>(large <strong>cascadas<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li><b>los ca\u00f1ones <\/b>(basins with high vertical walls)<\/li>\n<li><b>las gargantas\u00a0<\/b>(narrow <strong>ca\u00f1ones<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Curso medio<\/strong>, where meanders are formed (<strong>los\u00a0<\/strong><b>meandros)<\/b><\/li>\n<li><strong>Curso bajo, <\/strong>the final part before the mouth or estuary (<strong>desembocadura<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_8693\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/mountains-482689_1280.jpg\" aria-label=\"Mountains 482689 1280 300x200\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8693\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8693\"  alt=\"Glaciar\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/mountains-482689_1280-300x200.jpg\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8693\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Glaciar<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Glaciar: <\/b>accumulation of snow and ice formed in high mountains, which can wander as if they where rivers. and create <b>valles glaciares.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Formas de relieve costero y oce\u00e1nico<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Oc\u00e9anos: <\/b>Large extensions of salt water. There are five, in Spanish we call them: Pac\u00edfico, Atl\u00e1ntico, \u00cdndico, Glaciar\u00a0\u00c1rtico y Glaciar Ant\u00e1rtico. We call <strong>el mar <\/strong>to a smaller extension.<\/li>\n<li><b>Lago<\/b>: water mass inside continents, where the terrain is depressed. <strong>Un lago peque\u00f1o<\/strong> is called <strong>una<\/strong> <b>laguna,<\/b>\u00a0and <strong>un lago muy extenso<\/strong> is called <strong>un\u00a0<\/strong><b>mar interior<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li><b>Costa<\/b>: part of land that touches the sea. You may find <b>playas <\/b>or <b>acantilados<\/b>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_8694\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/sardinia-258904_1280.jpg\" aria-label=\"Sardinia 258904 1280 300x200\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8694\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8694\"  alt=\"\u00bfEsto es un golfo o una bah\u00eda? \" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/sardinia-258904_1280-300x200.jpg\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8694\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00bfEsto es un golfo o una bah\u00eda?<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Golfo<\/b>: a portion of an ocean or a sea partly enclosed by land. If it is not that large we call it <strong>una\u00a0<\/strong><b>bah\u00eda<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li><b>Cabo<\/b>: a portion of land extending out to the sea.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_8696\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/taiwan-388004_1280.jpg\" aria-label=\"Taiwan 388004 1280 300x225\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8696\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8696\"  alt=\"Es dif\u00edcil fotografiar una pen\u00ednsula\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/taiwan-388004_1280-300x225.jpg\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8696\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Es dif\u00edcil fotografiar una pen\u00ednsula<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Pen\u00ednsula<\/b>: portion of land almost surrounded by the ocean but for a small part called <strong>el\u00a0<\/strong><b>istmo<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li><b>Isla<\/b>: portion of land surrounded by water. <strong>Muchas\u00a0islas<\/strong> make <strong>un<\/strong> <b>archipi\u00e9lago<\/b>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Do you recognize these geographical terms? Are you familiar with them, even if just in English? Have fun and leave us a message to let us know if you guessed the words in your language.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"263\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/taiwan-388004_1280-350x263.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/taiwan-388004_1280-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/taiwan-388004_1280-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/taiwan-388004_1280-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/taiwan-388004_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>\u00a1Buenas tardes! El martes pasado mencionamos el terremoto ocurrido en Nepal en la secci\u00f3n Spanish English Parallel Texts, y hoy repasaremos el vocabulario de geograf\u00eda f\u00edsica para\u00a0entender esta clase de noticias. \u00bfPuedes reconocer\u00a0el nombre en ingl\u00e9s de estas palabras en espa\u00f1ol? T\u00e9rminos generales Planisferio. Relieve: It is originated by orogenesis (orog\u00e9nesis), erosion (erosi\u00f3n) and sedimentation&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/spanish-vocabulary-physical-geography\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":129,"featured_media":8696,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[358364,358369],"class_list":["post-8685","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vocabulary","tag-geography","tag-vocabulary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/129"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8685"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8685\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8699,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8685\/revisions\/8699"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}