Types of Landscapes

Traditional landscapesMediterranean Products:

Wheat, Vine and Olive crops, vegetables and fruit

Characteristics:

-Occasionally uses terraced systems

-Meadow (animals +some trees): characteristic of livestock regions

Traditional landscapesOceanic Continental

Products:

Cereal crops (extensive plains) and livestock in prairies

Characteristics:

-Regions with humid climate (oceanic)

-Livestock in enclosed grazing plots

Traditional landscapesTropical and Monsoon

Products:

-Rice, cereals…-Extensive livestock

Characteristics:

-Regions with tropical climate (desert-like), very arid land and humid zones

-Population living in palafittes

Modern LandscapesGreen Houses

Products:

-Vegetables and flowers

Characteristics:

-Created by commercial agriculture

-The South of Almería is called “sea of plastic”

Others places : Holland, Canada, Japan

Modern LandscapesDesert agriculture Characteristics:

-Change from farmed livestock to large crops, due to the use of wells and watering systems.

Location : Arid or sem iarid areas (Israel, Libya, Saudi Arabia)

Modern LandscapesJungle crops Products:

-soy and large ranges, fruit plantations (banana, pineapple, citrus fruits)

Problems:

- Deforestation

Location: the Amazon

Modern LandscapesOther agrarian and fishing landscapes

Products:

-birds, pigs, cows

Characteristics:

-Extensive livestock farms-Aquaculture