AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE
This picture is a landscape from Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain. It lies on the south bank of the Ebro River
You can see clearly that is an agricultural landscape because as the definition that Teresa gave us,it's land that has over time been transformed by human beings and by farming activities ir order to obtain products from nature.
Let's talk about the different characteristics of its physical factors; Zaragoza it's formed by valleys, mountain ranges and cliffs because of the Prepyrenees (Moncayo). Its climate is a Continental one,that is characterised of regular precipitations and high temperatures throughout the year as you can see bellow:
Now we are going to talk about the plots,as you know the plots can vary in size, in this case some are quite big because you can't see the end of them. They are enclosed fields because are irregular plots separated by fences and roads of that village.
The farming system that is used here, is monoculture system, in which each farmer grow a single crop in his plot/s. Here in Zaragoza the main crops to grow are: cereals like corn and fruit trees like orange,tangerine,peach,lemon and apple trees.
All of these crops are crops that grow by the method of irrigation in which a controlled amount of water is supplied to plants at regular intervals for agriculture; using irrigation sprinklers. It is also intensive agriculture that happens in densely populated areas and in which farmers use fertilisers and machinery, the aim of this type of agriculture is to make the productivity higher.
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