Dry Spanish farmlands

04:11, 04/11/2019

Dry Spanish farmlands 

 

Amorphous forms of hatched wheat plots, freshly cultivated areas and irregularly shaped lands covered with uncultivated dry vegetation were shaped by late streams and reliefs.
Amorphous forms of hatched wheat plots, freshly cultivated areas and irregularly shaped lands covered with uncultivated dry vegetation were shaped by late streams and reliefs.

 

Spots of harvested wheat fields on the slopes of the hills where the moisture content of the soil helps the plantations survive the hot and dry summer season.
Spots of harvested wheat fields on the slopes of the hills where the moisture content of the soil helps the plantations survive the hot and dry summer season.

 

Cultivated landscapes reveal diverse layers of soil that has been deposited thousands of years ago by rivers of the Ebro catchment area.
Cultivated landscapes reveal diverse layers of soil that has been deposited thousands of years ago by rivers of the Ebro catchment area.

 

Farmers use small parcels to level the sloping terrain in order to retain the rare rainfall. The Landscape is gray because of the high concentration of borax in the soil.
Farmers use small parcels to level the sloping terrain in order to retain the rare rainfall. The Landscape is gray because of the high concentration of borax in the soil.

 

Stacks of straw, piled on the top of a hill next to a wheat field at sunset in the blue hour.
Stacks of straw, piled on the top of a hill next to a wheat field at sunset in the blue hour.

 

Farmers create small parcels to level the sloping terrain for easy cultivation and sparse rainfall.
Farmers create small parcels to level the sloping terrain for easy cultivation and sparse rainfall.

 

Patterns of alternating olive and wheat fields south of Madrid, in the catchment area of the Cedrone River, where these two crops can withstand extreme drought and high summer temperatures.
Patterns of alternating olive and wheat fields south of Madrid, in the catchment area of the Cedrone River, where these two crops can withstand extreme drought and high summer temperatures.

 (Source: boredpanda)