Green Spain is the name given to the strip of land between the Cantabrian Sea and the Cantabrian and Basque mountains in northern Spain. It is called green because it has a wet and moderate oceanic climate, strongly influenced by the Atlantic Ocean winds that get trapped by the mountains. The southern slopes get inside the rain shadow and the Green Spain contrasts with its dry central plateau. Cantabrian Mountains (Span. ... Typical limestone mountain of the Basque range. ... It has been suggested that The Cool Western Temperate Maritime Climate be merged into this article or section. ... // A rain shadow (or more accurately, precipitation shadow) is a dry region on the surface of the Earth that is leeward or behind a mountain with respect to the prevailing wind direction. ...

The average precipitation is about 1,200 mm, this allows the lush vegetation to grow, the main native tree species being beeches and oaks. In recent decades the native forests have been replaced by plantations of eucalyptus and Monterey Pines in wide areas. Species Fagus crenata - Japanese Beech Fagus engleriana - Chinese Beech Fagus grandifolia - American Beech Fagus hayatae - Taiwan Beech Fagus japonica - Japanese Blue Beech Fagus longipetiolata - South Chinese Beech Fagus lucida - Shining Beech Fagus mexicana - Mexican Beech or Haya Fagus orientalis - Oriental Beech Fagus sylvatica - European Beech Beech (Fagus) is a genus... Oaks is the name of several places in the United States: Oaks in Missouri. ... A sugarcane plantation at Ribeirão Preto, Brazil, 2005 A plantation is a large tract of monoculture, as a tree plantation, a cotton plantation, a tea plantation or a tobacco plantation. ... Species About 700; see the List of Eucalyptus species Eucalyptus is a diverse genus of trees (and a few shrubs), the members of which dominate the tree flora of Australia. ... Binomial name Pinus radiata D.Don Pinus radiata (family Pinaceae) is known in English as Monterey Pine in some parts of the world (mainly in the USA, Canada and the British Isles), and Radiata Pine in others (primarily Australia, New Zealand and Chile). ...

Green Spain is considered to be formed by the regions of Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria and the Basque Country. The Pyrenees, that sometimes are considered to be united with the Cantabrian Mountains, used to be included in Green Spain. Galicia (Spain) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Anthem: Asturias, patria querida Capital Oviedo Official language(s) Spanish; Asturian have special status Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 10th  10,604 km²  2. ... Capital Santander Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 15th  5 321 km²  1. ... Capital Vitoria-Gasteiz Official languages Basque and Spanish Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 14th  7 234 km²  1,4% Population  â€“ Total (2005)  â€“ % of Spain  â€“ Density Ranked 7th  2 124 846  4,9%  293,73/km² Demonym  â€“ English  â€“ Spanish  â€“ Basque  Basque  vasco/a euskal herritar, euskaldun GDP GDP/Cápita 30. ... Central Pyrenees. ...

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Rural Basque Country. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (768x1024, 201 KB)A view of some countryside in the Basque Country in Spain (picture taken from a train). ...	The Picos de Europa. Download high resolution version (1248x720, 196 KB)taken by me august 2004 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The Picos de Europa is a range of mountains some 20km far inland from the northern coast of Spain. ...	Traditional horreo in Asturias. Image File history File links Source: Damian Bohle (Oviedo, Spain, 2005) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...	Basque coast. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 1259 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Biscay Green Spain Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used...
Coast of Cantabria. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1280x960, 574 KB) Playa de Berria en Santoña (Cantabria, España). ...	Coast of Galicia. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 442 KB)Galicia, Spain, Atlantic Coast File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...	Ordesa, Pyrenees. Image File history File links Ordesa. ... Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park is an IUCN Category II National Park situated in the Pyrenees of Huesca, Aragón (Spain). ...	Coast of Asturias. Image File history File links Source: Damian Bohle (Oviedo, Spain, 2005) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...

External link

Visit Asturias A guide to Spain's Natural Paradise in English.

Green Spain by Idealspain