A rural
landscape is the type of landscape that combines anthropic, biotic and
abiotic elements.
First, I am going to talk about physical factors. The picture shows a
relief characterized by a plain inland landscape with some hills in the
background. There are two vegetation types: vegetation grasslands and deciduous forest. We can see some trees that could be hazelnuts, birches or
elms, but we can not see any river or source of water. According to these information, the climate of this location could be a Oceanic or Atlantic one. If it is true, the precipitations would be abundant and regulars and regarding to temperatures they would be cool during summers and mild in winters.
In the second place, we can talk about the arable land. As we can see in this photo, the plots are irregular and small and their boundaries have been made with bushes so we can say that they are enclosed fields.
To continue, we are going to talk about cultivation systems. In this area the irrigation system is dry farming and there are extensive lands in which you can grow different types of crops such us lucerne, colza, oat or hay (monoculture). All this things are posible thanks to the abundat precipitations.
On the other hand we can analyze organization of settlements. As we can see, houses are made of stone and have a gable roof of tiles and they are dispersed, without following a pattern. Each one is communicated
with a small path. As a conclusion we can say that this place has a scattered
pattern of the settlement.
We can say, regarding to lands and its uses and activities, that the use of the
land is agricultural natural pastures used for grazing and for hay or even to rise livestock. They can be also used to build hostels or secundary houses for people who live in the cities.
