 |
|
The climate is oceanic due
to the mountainous range and its proximity to the coast. Without
great differences of temperatura, with hot summers between 20
and 25 degrees, and mild winters, figures below zero are rare
except in the mountains, where temperaturas during the winter
are more extreme.
Rainfall is abundant throughout the year, especially the so-called
"orbayu", a very lightrain that falls in plenty keeping
fresh the green landscape during all seasons. |
:
Three very well differentiated areas
shape the countryside of the Principado de Asturias:
|
|
The
Mountains: The Cantabrian Cordillera is the natural
barrier separating it from the meseta, and it stretches out
uninterruptedly along the south until it reaches the Ancares
in the border with Galicia.
The Valleys: Between the mountains and the coast, towns
and villages are established, in the midst of woods and pastures.
And the mountain streams become rapid rivers full of trout and
salmon. |
The Coast: 345 km. of steep cliffs with
littie inlets of clean waters, where fishing villages evolve surrounded
by wonderful beaches of fine sands.
Asturias has a vegetation generous and varied dice the
differences of the land and the different areas of influence of the sea
and the mountain. In the near area to the coast dominate the mixed forests
of chestnut tree and oak, the fresh forests of hazel tree and ash-tree,
and the riverside groves with alder tree and willow.
More recent it is the introduction of species of quick
growth, as the pine and eucalyptus. In the area of half mountain they
dominate the mixed forests of there is and white oak. Ascending in height
is the "rebollo", the birch and the holly. In the mountain top,
the extreme conditions impede the growth of arboreal areas, these they
are substituted by grassland and underbrush.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
