Workshop on geography

Comenius partnership programme

It’s what you do next that counts

A path to eco-friendly behaviour

Vegetation map We have identified four vegetation zones.Green : Mediterranean maquis of broadleaved and evergreen shrubsDark blue : Thermophilous pine forestLight blue : Mixed pine and maquis area. Regeneration of pine trees after fire.Red : Area occupied by both local and alien species

Vegetation map as seen by Google Earth

Map of Europe Distances between ecosystems

Country Name North East

Finland Litma, Petäjävesi N 62o16' E 25o11'

Holland Braakman Ν 51o18'22 Ε 03o42'55

Belgium Bergelenput, Gullegem N 50.8397 E 03.1852

Germany Kiesekampbusch Ν 51°58' Ε 07° 38'

Slovenia Strunjan Nature Reserve N 45°32'15'' E 13°36'15''

Greece Pefkonas, Panorama N 40°35' E 23o01'

Spain Bosque de la Herrería N 40°34'05'' Ε 04°9’08''

Turkey Beykoz Forest Istanbul N 41°09 16.20 E 29°07 23.11

Names and coordinates of investigation areas.

Relative distances between ecosystems

Belgium Finland Germany Greece Holland Slovenia Spain Turkey

Belgium --------------- 1831,03km 532,25km 1900,30km 65,46km 970,33km 1267,40km 2248,85km

Finland 1831,03km ---------------- 1456,41km 2399,08km 1775,34km 1994,29km 3067,18km 2362,41km

Germany 532,25km 1456,41km ---------------- 1556,97km 480,73km 721,70km 1673,81km 1824,90km

Greece 1900,30km 2399,08km 2399,08km ----------------- 1894,03km 940,90km 2268,20km 503,53km

Holland 65,46km 1775,34km 480,73km 1894,03km ----------------- 970,18km 1332,21km 2231,09km

Slovenia 970,33km 1994,29km 721,70km 940,90km 970,18km ----------------- 1530,33km 1338,81km

Spain 1267,40km 3067,18km 1673,81km 2268,20km 1332,21km 1530,33km ----------------- 2745,84km

Turkey 2248,85km 2362,41km 1824,90km 503,53km 2231,09km 1338,81km 2745,84km -----------------

Climate data of Spanish Ecosystem

 Rainfall data : about 436mm per year• Temperature : Winter time: below 8 ºC (>-1ºC) Summer time: above 24 ºC

(>31ºC)Climate : Mediterranean

Climate diagramme of Spanish ecosystem

Greek ecosystem – PefkonasOctober

As an evergreen ecosystem Pefkonas is green in autumn. Although herbs are dry,shrubs grow in September with green colour prevailing even in autumn.

Greek ecosystem – PefkonasMay

Comparing with the previous photo we see little change in the overall apearence. Now even herbs are green and we see poppies flowering.

Sources

WikipediaGoogle EarthMicrosoft Globe

Geography groupKalevrosoglou Spyros

Argalias IoannisGevrekis Nikos

Kritsa Maria-ZoeLiaka Konstantina