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Occupying most of the Iberian Peninsula's land area (approximately 85%), Spain is the third largest country in Europe and 45% covered by the
Meseta Plateau.
That plateau is rarely flat, and is in reality a mostly hilly highland area divided by the Cordillera Central (mountains), and then ringed by additional mountain ranges, north, east and south. In the west the Meseta slopes gently down into neighboring Portugal.
Significant mountains in Spain include the limestone Cordillera Cantabrica and rugged Sistema Iberico (north); massive Pyrenees (northeast) where many peaks exceed 3,000 meters; the deeply eroded and rocky Sierra de Cuenca (east), and the lower Montes de Toledo and Serrania de Cuenca (south-central).
In the far south the mountains of the Cordillera Betica and Sierra Nevada dominate the landscape. Mainland Spain's highest point (Mulhacen at 3,481 meters) stands in the Sierra Nevada.
Significant lowlands include the fertile Andalusian Plain in the southwest, and the Ebro River Basin in the northeast. In addition, much of Spain is fronted by a low and narrow coastal plain, one that separates the mountains from the sea.
Those deeply indented coastal areas include countless bays and coves, and most have sandy beaches. In the far northwest, along the Bay of Biscay, rugged cliffs front the coastline.
In the far south, the Strait of Gibraltar separates Spain and Europe from Morocco (Africa), and here, the two continents are only 13 km (8 miles) apart.
The country is drained by an estimated 1,500 rivers (mostly small). The longest and most significant rivers include the Douro (Duero), Ebro, Jucar, Tagus (Tejo), Guadiana and Guadalquivir.
Bodies of Water of Europe here!
Landforms of Europe here!
Rivers of Europe here!
Land Statistics convert (kilometers to miles, meters to feet) here Coastline 4,964 km (includes small coastal islands, and the Balearic Islands and Canary Islands)
Land Area
(land) 499,542 sq km
(water) 5,240 sq km
(TOTAL) 504,782 sq km
(the land area total includes the Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, and the five (5) places of sovereignty on and off the coast of Morocco - Ceuta, Mellila, Islas Chafarinas, Penon de Alhucemas and Penon de Velez de la Gomera) Land Area (all countries)
here!
Horizontal Width (max) 1017 km (from the Atlantic Ocean coastline west of La Coruna to a point just to the south of Portbou)
Vertical Length (max) 1049 km (from Portbou to the town of Tarifa, just to the southwest of Gibraltar)
Note: Maximum lengths and widths are point-to-point, straight-line measurements from a Mercator map projection, and will vary some using other map projections Bordering Countries (3) Andorra, France and Spain, and the British colony of Gibraltar.
Regions (17 autonomous communities and 2 autonomous cities **), including:
Andalucia, Aragon, Asturias, Baleares (Balearic Islands), Ceuta**, Canarias (Canary Islands), Cantabria, Castilla-La Mancha, Castilla y Leon, Cataluna, Comunidad Valenciana, Extremadura, Galicia, La Rioja, Madrid, Melilla**, Murcia, Navarra, Pais Vasco (Basque Country)
note: the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla plus three small islands of Islas Chafarinas, Penon de Alhucemas, and Penon de Velez de la Gomera, administered directly by the Spanish central government, are all located along the coast of Morocco and are collectively referred to as Places of Sovereignty (Plazas de Soberania).
Map of Spain Regions here!
Regions (largest by population) Andalusia, 7,975,672 (2005 est)
Regions (largest by size) Castilla y Leon, 94,223 sq km Highest Point Pico del Teide, the island of Tenerife, Canary Islands, at 3,718 meters
Highest Point (mainland), Mulhacen, 3,481 meters
 Lowest Point Atlantic Ocean, 0 meters
Latitude and Longitude here!
Relative Location here!
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