Temática: Landscape

Foothills

1. A fragile slope located at the foot of a mountain range formed by alluvial erosion. 2. A region of predominantly flat, gently sloping relief located at the foot of a mountain or mountain range, consisting of erosion surfaces and, above all, alluvial glacis and fans.

Landscape policy

The formulation, by the competent public authorities, of general principles, strategies, and guidelines that enable the adoption of specific measures for the protection, management, and planning of the landscape.

Landscape planning

Actions that have a particularly pronounced prospective nature with a view to improving, restoring or creating landscapes.

Landscape

1. A portion of territory that exhibits similar morphological and functional characteristics as a result of the action and interaction of natural and human factors. It corresponds to the surface of geographic space that is visible to the human eye at intermediate scales, although it is also used in classifications of its modalities on a global scale. The […]

Natural landscape

It is that which has not been modified by humans and is the result of the interaction of natural elements and factors.

Rural landscape

The visible result of a geographic area dominated by agricultural activities, although other uses and developments (e.g., forestry, agro-industrial, extractive, residential, leisure, tourism, environmental, etc.) that interact with the natural space may also be developed. It generally refers to the countryside, a non-urban space.

Urban landscape

It is the visible expression of the elements, structure and processes linked to the city.

Paramo

1. A more or less elevated and horizontal surface with poorly developed, rocky, or stony soil, unsuitable for agriculture. It is usually capped by a limestone stratum more resistant to erosion. Associated with the countryside, it is characteristic of the northern subplateau. 2. A flat, exposed plateau, the remnant of a sedimentary plain that has […]

Table

Elevated and flat terrain, of great extension, surrounded by valleys and ravines.

Molar

Steep mound with a flat summit and small dimensions.