LANDSCAPE TYPES

Výukový materiál EK 01 - 32Tvůrce: Mgr. Alena Výborná

Tvůrce anglické verze: ThMgr. Ing. Jiří FollerProjekt: S anglickým jazykem do dalších předmětů

Registrační číslo: CZ.1.07/1.1.36/03.0005Tento projekt je spolufinancován ESF a SR ČR

LANDSCAPE TYPES

• the area of the Czech Republic can be divided into several landscape types

• there are various points of view•soil quality• tourism•climate

LANDSCAPE TYPES

•1. BY THE SOIL AND RELIEF:• lowlands•highlands•mountains• foothills

LANDSCAPE TYPES

•LOWLANDS:• flat and warm• the most fertile soils (black soil)• they usually have a lot of art sightseeing•disrupted by the house-building•a large influence of humans• the Elbe lowlands, Moravian ravines, South

Bohemian basins

LANDSCAPE TYPES

•HIGHLANDS:• in our country prevailing (Šumava region, the

area of the Giant mountains, Žďár region)• relatively fertile soil•moister and colder than lowlands• three layers as for the height:

▫ lower layer– fertile valleys (human residences)▫middle layer – foothills (pastures, forest)▫upper layer – production spruce forest

LANDSCAPE TYPES

•MONTAINS AND FOOTHILLS:•colder and wetter•poorer soils•pasturage•natural character

LANDSCAPE TYPES

•2. ACCORDING TO KEEPING CHARACTER OF THE LANDSCAPE:

HARMONIC LANDSCAPE:•well preserved•a lot of natural elements•DISTURBED LANDSCAPE :•polluted•unsuitably built up with industry

LANDSCAPE TYPES

•3. ARTIFICIAL LANDSCAPE:

•CLASSICAL LANDSCAPE:•human and natural activity are balanced•slightly agricultural landscapes•Bohemian-Moravian Highlands, foothills of the

Alps

LANDSCAPE TYPES

•ROMANTIC LANDSCAPE:• rocky•wild• the nature prevails• the Elbe sandstones, the Alps, High Tatras

LANDSCAPE TYPES

•COSMIC LANDSCAPE:• flat• forest-free•human settlements are far, it seems to be

impressive and magnificent•The Palava hills, deserts

Review:

•1. What landscape types are there according to the relief?

•2. Define highlands.•3. South Bohemian basin belongs to……………•4. Define the difference between harmonic and

disturbed landscape.•5. How are artificial landscapes divided?

Sources:

• MATĚJKA, Dobroslav, Radek MIKULÁŠ, Václav ZIEGLER a Václav CÍLEK. Přírodopis. 1. vyd. Praha: Scientia, 2000. ISBN 80-718-3204-9