Geography of Spain

Spain is a southwestern European country located on the Iberian Peninsula and occupies almost 84 percent of the Iberian Peninsula. The country is bordered by the Bay of Biscay, France and Andorra to the north; the Mediterranean Sea to the east; on the south by the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean; and on the west by Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean. The Geography of Spain is a bit interesting in nature. The country is separated from Africa by the 13 km wide Strait of Gibraltar in the southwest. And the Pyrenees Mountains cuts it off from the rest of the Europe.

The Geography of Spain is dominated by the Iberian Peninsula as it occupies almost 84 percent of it. The country has a total area of 504,782 square km. of which 499,542 square km. Is land and the rest 5,240 square km. is water. The country has a border of 1,917.8 km. among which it shares 63.7 km border with Andorra, 623 km with France, 1.2 km with Gibraltar, 1,214 km with Portugal, 6.3 km with Morocco (Ceuta), and 9.6 km with Morocco (Melilla). Besides these, the Geography of Spain also contains 4,964 km of coastline. The country has a Mediterranean coast of 1,660 km, the Atlantic coast of 710 km.

In the Geography of Spain, we can find the strong presence of plateau. Most of the central Spain is a plateau surrounded by the mountain ranges. There are also some low-land areas long the coast. The Geography of Spain also includes several areas off the Iberian Peninsula like the Balearic islands (such as Mallorca, Menorca and Ibiza) in the Mediterranean Sea, the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean close to the Moroccan coast, and Ceuta, Melilla, Islas Chafarinas, Penon de Alhucemas, and Penon de Velez de la Gomera located off the coast of Morocco.

In the Geography of Spain, we can find the peninsular region of Spain that consists of the Meseta Central, which is a vast highland plateau dessected by the mountain ranges. The Geography of Spain also consists of some narrow coastal plains and some lowland river valleys. The most prominent of them is the Andalusian Plain, which is located in the southwest. The Geography of Spain can be divided into ten natural regions or subregions which include the dominant Meseta Central, the Cordillera Cantabrica and the northwest region, the Iberico region, the Pyrenees, the Penibetico region in the southeast, the Andalusian Plain, the Ebro Basin, the coastal plains, the Balearic Islands, and the Canary Islands.

There is a strong presence of mountains in the Geography of Spain. The Pyrenees Mountain, the major mountain range of the country, separates Spain from the France and the rest of the Europe. The Pyrenees mountain range goes 435 km from the Mediterranean to the Bay of Biscay. The Pyrenees mountain range has a great impact on the country and on its people. Pico de Aneto is the highest peak of the Pyrenees with an altitude of 3,404 mile (11,168 ft.).

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