Tuesday, March 14, 2017

AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE

Agricultural landscape is created when people modify natural areas  in order to use them for crop agriculture, livestock farming or forestry.
Resultado de imagen de agricultural landscapes 
 It can be influenced by physical and human factors.

PHYSICAL FACTORS:
  • Climate: temperatures and rainfall
  • Relief: Sunny and shady sides of the mountains, incline of slopes, altitude.
  • Soil: the more appropriate nutrients the soild has, the better it is for agriculture.
 Resultado de imagen de climate and agricultural landscapes
Plants need minimun temperatures (10ºC) and rainfall (between 900 and 1200 mm annually to grow)
Resultado de imagen de relieve and agricultural landscapes
Flat surfaces facilitate agricultural work and very steeps slopes make it more difficult.

Resultado de imagen de types of soil 
Deep soil is more appropriate for the cultivation of  most crops because roots have more space to expand.
 
 

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