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The matn eharacteriatic of this Clarn is the very wet climate.
The .oils are Bumic cambisols and Ciacic cmnbisols.
The land-uses are predominantly grassland and woodland.
The natural vegetation is Thernophilouu oakrood.
%ic~l of the Iberian coast, thia Lend Claa~ is very highly
populated and ha8 important industrial and mining centres, especially
on the north coast.
Land Class 6
Eastern Extramadurn andMiddleDouro
This is another discontinuous Laud Class that is chnracteriaed
by thmae indicator attributes:
- witam-high minirum elevation
- ~edium-high rainfall in January
The L.nd Class is rldeapread war har..t6n, aide of the central Iberian
plateaux. Climatically, it occupiar an intermiate position betreen
the Oceanic and Continental climate..
The aoila are Eutric cambiu~b, Diatric cub-. Chraia bWi8Ol&
and Dystic plmosola.
The win land u ar -
arabb ad grruinp-
The natttrrl.vege~tion in, YLeaom~&t-~rith 4u0*acup suber.
This Land C1us.hu.a La paprrlrtion.mdthero .rr no.iaduUrhl.ot
urban centre..
Thia L8nd Clue ia in we nmth-mt cararrof
the Iberim p.ntluula. The area is geologically the oldest worn. of the
pentmaul& It ia the with the hfeh.mt -8lL.. It ia defirwb
by:
The -lzr-
- Mebixm-high rrinf~ll in Jpmrprl-
- Lor maximum elevation
- Lor metamorphic in centre nlulW.
- LW ret.lorphf c rocks in Mnnmdfng;