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SPAIN (BORDERS (France, Morocco, Portugal, Andorra, United Kingdom…
SPAIN
BORDERS
France
Morocco
Portugal
Andorra
United Kingdom (Gibraltar)
AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITIES
: there are 17 AC. They were created to divide the country in smaller territories.
They are responsible for different services such as health, education, social services and tourism.
CLASSIFICATION
MULTIPROVINCIAL
: Castilla la Mancha, Castilla León, Cataluña, Extremadura, Aragón, Andalucía, C. Valenciana, País Vasco, Galicia, Islas Canarias.
UNIPROVINCIAL
: Comunidad de Madrid, La Rioja, Navarra, Asturias, Cantabria, Islas Baleares, Región de Murcia,
Ceuta and Melilla
Some of them have their own language (catalán, gallego, valenciano y vasco)
LANDSCAPE FEATURES
RIVERS
Cantabrian watershed
: Navia, Nalón and Nervión
Mediterranean watershed
Ebro, Júcar and Segura
Atlantic watershed
: Miño, Duero, Tajo, Guadiana and Guadalquivir
IN THE COAST
Gulfs
: part of a sea or an ocean that enters into the land. Golfo de Valencia, Golfo de Cádiz and Golfo de Vizcaya
Capes
: portion of land over a body of water. Cabo de Gata, Cabo de Palos and Cabo de Finisterre
MOUNTAINS
-Pyrenees (Aneto, 3404m) -Cordillera Cantábrica -Sistema Central (Almanzor) - Sistema Ibérico (Moncayo) - Meseta Central
Sierra Nevada (Mulhacén)
-Teide (3718m)
Spain is the second highest country in Europe with an average altitude of 650m
PROVINCES
: there are 50 p. They divide autonomous communities in even smaller territories. They are always a part of an AC.
EXAMPLES
Galicia
: A Coruña, Lugo, Pontevedra and Ourense
Castilla la Mancha
: Albacete, Toledo, Guadalaja, Cuenca and Ciudad Real
Cataluña
: Barcelona, Lérida, Gerona and Tarragona
Extremadura
: Cáceres and Badajoz
Aragón
: Zaragoza, Huesca and Teruel
SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES
Ceuta and Melilla (in Morocco). They are autonomous cities
Las Palmas, Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Islas Baleares (archipelagos)
Asturias, Cantabria, Vizcaya, Guipúzcoa, Álava, Navarra, Islas Baleares and La Rioja (they are not named after the main city in the area)