The land relief of the archipelagos

The Balearic Islands, found in the Mediterranean Sea, is made up of 4 large islands (Majorca, Ibiza, Formentera and Menorca) and around 144 smaller islets

◦Majorca, Ibiza and Formentera are an extension of the Baetic mountain ranges from the Spanish mainland

◦Menorca is a continuation of the Catalan coastal mountain range

We can distinguish three different landscape zones on the island of Mallorca

◦The Tramuntana Range

◦Contains the hightes summit, Puig Major

◦The Llevante Range

m (es Pla)

◦A plain between the 

The coasts vary by island

◦cliffs are found in the north of Mallorca and Menorca

◦sandy beaches with small coves

Canary Islands

The Canary Islands are found in the Atlantic Ocean, near Africa

◦Composed of 7 main islands (La Palma, El Hierro, La Gomera, Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote) as well as some smaller islands

The Canary Islands are volcanic in origen:

◦Created from fractures in the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean

◦created different volcanic forms

◦ash cones ◦lava needles

◦badlands