How far from Africa is it located What major body of water separates it from the US Name at least one famous person from Spain With which country does Spain share its peninsula Geography of Spain ID: 647092
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DO NOW
Where is Spain located?
How far from Africa is it located?
What major body of water separates it from the US?
Name at least one famous person from Spain.
With which country does Spain share it’s peninsula?Slide2
Geography of Spain
Occupying most of the
Iberian Peninsula's
land area (approximately 85%), Spain is the third largest country in Europe and 45% is covered by the Meseta Plateau.Slide3
Spain’s Geography
Keep in mind that the system
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ore than one set of
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ountains. Slide4
Geography of Spain
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. Slide5
Geography of Spain
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). Slide6
Geography of Spain
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
. Slide7
Geography of Spain
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.Slide8
Geography of Spain
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.Slide9
Geography of Spain
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. Slide10
Geography of Spain
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
.Slide11
Reflect Now
How many bays, rivers, and mountain ranges are there in Spain?