A trip to a special island

Insegnanti: Di Mascio Alessandra, Mancini Lucia, Maria Pia Lombardi

Sardina is the second largest ISLAND in the Mediterranean sea

A Task for youLOOK at the European map below and FINDthe biggest ISLAND ? What’s its name?

The COASTS of Sardinia are generally rocky and high.

But there are also sandy and flat coasts in the south of the island.

A task for youPoint to the sandy and flat coast.

There aren’t high MOUNTAINS.

The most important massif is GENNARGENTU (about 1.834 m s.l.m.)

The principal PLAINS are Campidano and La Nurra in the north-west of the island

Sardinia hasn’t got big RIVERS.

The most important are: Tirso, Flumendosa and Coghinas.

There are lots of

ARTIFICIAL LAKES.

Lots of smaller islands surround Sardinia:

Asinara, Caprera, La Maddalena, San Pietro and Sant’Antioco.

A task for youMatch

1 RIVER

2 LAKE

3 MOUNTAIN

4 PLAIN

5 COAST

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There are three NATIONAL PARKS: 1. Asinara National Park;2. Archipelago of La Maddalena's National Park;3. Gennargentu National Park

A TASK FOR YOU:In a park …Don’t do it!! What number?

1.Light a fire2.Watch birds and animals3.Harm plants and flowers4.Walk along paths5.Leave rubbish

The CLIMATE is typically Mediterranean.

The weather is sunny.(300 days a year are clear)

A few days are rainy

A TASK FOR YOU

What’s the weather like?

1 It’s rainy2 It’s cloudy3 It’s foggy4 It’s sunny5 It’s snowy6 It’s windy7 It’s cold8 It’s hot

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Sardinia is one of the five italian AUTONOMOUS REGIONS, along with Valle d'Aosta, Trentino Alto Adige, Friuli Venezia Giulia and Sicily.

Sardinia has got a special Statute of autonomy

There are traces of ancient dominations from the past: Sardi, Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Arabs and Spanish.

Curiosities:

In Alghero they speak old Catalan which is a special spanish language.

The phoenician town of Tharros

A nuragic site

ECONOMYThe primary sector is very important: goats and sheep rearing (good production of cheese).

Agricolture brings: vegetables, olive trees… sardinan wines are very good and famous. Sardinia is famous for corks

Still important is the MINING INDUSTRIES (coal, lead, zinc, gold.Other industrial activities are food, mechanical and chemical.

Craft industry includes rugs, jewellery, textile, lacework , basket making, and coral.But…the most important industry is TOURISM.

CULTURE

On January 17TH , in the town of

Mamoiada you can see the

MAMUTHONES: a traditional carnival

costume.