Tenerife, the island of "eternal spring"
This island is part of the Canary archipelago , English region located in the Atlantic Ocean, 1,400 km south European continent and very close - 100/350 km - the coast of Africa (south of Morocco ).
Area: 2034.38 km ²
Population: 950.000/1.000.000 inhabitants.
Your capital is Santa Cruz de Tenerife : 220,000 inhabitants, is linked to San Cristobal de la Laguna with another 160,000
com is known the island of "eternal spring" especially for its privileged climate ranging from invieno 18 º C and 25 º C in summer , although there are differences and microclimates in terms of geographical location on the island and its height. There are two areas, one north wet produced by clouds driven by the trade winds that collide with relives del Teide, and another dry and sunny in the South. Tenerife has
historical volcanism for millions of years (actually entire archipelago is of volcanic origin)
is known that between 10 and 3 million years ago occurred underwater and surface eruptions that formed the structure of Tenerife, and 150 thousand years ago new eruptions influenced his relive, a large explosion gave rise to the Las Cañadas Caldera, 9 by 16 km. And although today
volcanism that seems lethargic, there are certain signs of activity (fumaroles and earthquakes ) showing that, at least, the largest volcano on the island is awake.
We refer to the mountain / volcano Teide of 3,718 m, which is the highest peak in Spain and is also the third largest volcano on Earth after Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea.
Christopher Columbus in 1492, going through the Canaries way of America, quoted in his log big flames coming out of the summit of Teide .
Since then he has had other eruptions, the last in 1798, the volcano is still active with the emission of fumaroles.
In 2004 there were 200 small earthquakes probably cusados \u200b\u200bvolcano magma movements
This morning I uploaded by bus to the base of Teide, 2,400 m, almost the height of the observatory Meteorological famous, which we passed by.
From this area you can climb on foot to the top of the peak, following one of the marked trails. The slope is hard, the time of the climb is about 4 hours and about 2 for the descent.
The landscape is of volcanic terrain, can be described as impressive, both for their injuries and their rapid climatic changes (clouds, fog, wind, sun, etc) and by the majesty of the volcano, snow at the summit. There
sun and cloudless sky until noon, although it was very cold, you still see traces of the night frost.
Below, a lush Canarian pine forest.
On the island there are many protected natural areas its rich geological, flora and fauna, the most important Teide National Park, but there are also many other areas of beaches and mountains offer visitors the chance successfully enjoy your trip and vacation. This motivates
Tenerife is a great destination for many people of all countries, estimated that it receives every year over five million tourists .
tourism addition, the first economic resource of the island, there are other notable activities, both the fishing industry and the agricultural (fruit, wine, honey, etc)
The trade and industry are also important: the first focuses particularly on the capital, there are also several industrial estates and an oil refinery.
must also mention the excellent scientific work and teaching at the University of La Laguna.
The island is well served by numerous highways and has two highways. There is a wide network of buses or buses that travel all the roads and towns of the territory.
also has two airports one in the South and one in the North as most of the travelers and domestic and foreign tourists travel by air, there are flights that link with other major English cities and with many countries. There are also flights to / and from other islands in the Canary Islands.
There are also two important ports, one in Santa Cruz de Tenerife and one in Los Cristianos, south of the island. Since they can travel by boat to both / and / from Spain (Cadiz) and the other Canary Islands.
LINKS:
Tenerife - es.wikipedia.org
Pictures, photos and videos from Tenerife - www.google.es / images
Images and photographs of the Teide - www.google.es / images
videos del Teide - www.google.es / images
Images and photographs of the National Park Teide - www.google.es / images
Songs Videos
typical Tenerife and the Canaries - www.google.es
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