— To rise? To rise on Tenerifsky peak? To what it, dear captain, after Humboldt and Bonplana? Ingenious Humboldt has risen on this mountain and has described it so, what will add nothing.
Zhjul Vern
The group of the islands named Canary, has many sights from the point of view of physical geography: a geological origin, a climate, flora.
Located an arch from the southwest of a pas the northeast, stretched more than on 500 km, in a fair weather the archipelago is visible from the African continent with open years. From cape Juby the island Fuerteventura nearest to continent separates passage width about 115 km. If to come nearer to. From outside ocean, the peak of Tejde shrouded in clouds (3718) is from apart visible to Canary Islands, as a rule.
«It is difficult to climb up this huge cone-shaped volcano owing to its steepness, and a crater which is at the top, it is surrounded by so fenny round wall from a lava that there in some places it is hardly possible to take seat. But the one to whom will suffice boldness to reach a crater, will be rewarded by one of the finest shows who only happen on light. Before it all charming landscapes of Teneriffy will be stretched, clearly, he will see other nineteen Canary Islands... For one and a half centuries since a writing of these words the picture opening from top тенерифского of peak, has a little changed, but as before, it is majestic.
Got on archipelago amazes a natural variety of islands, and it is frequent also various areas of the same island: deserted Lansarote and green the Palm tree, palm oases among dry sand of coast and rainforests on slopes of mountains of Grand Canary. A South side of this island semi-desert, and on northern — orange groves and thickets of date palm trees, vineyards and sugar cane plantations. As the south and the north of Tenerife differ. The traveller who has left to peak of Tejde from La-Lagupy that nearby to Santa Cruz, will cross one after another not less than five belts of vegetation.
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- Природные и климатические характеристики
- Гипотеза материкового генезиса
- Посо-де-ла-Ньевес
- Семь островов архипелага
- Рельеф островов
- Климат
- Растительность Канар
- Драценовые деревья
- Канарская финиковая пальма
- Животный мир
- Птицы на Канарах