1. Spain has several mountain ranges that run along its borders and interior, including the Cantabrian Mountains along the northern coast, the Pyrenees along the northern border with France, and the Baetic mountain ranges in the south.
2. The country also has two high plateaus in its center, the Northern Plateau and Southern Plateau, as well as river basins such as the Ebro Basin and Guadalquivir Basin.
3. Off its coasts are the Canary Islands and Balearic Islands, with notable mountains like Teide on Tenerife and Sa Tramontana on Mallorca.
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Contents physical relief of spain
1. 1ST ESO
PHYSICAL RELIEF OF SPAIN
MOUNTAIN RANGES
Galician massif.
Le坦n Mountains.
Cantabrian mountains. (Picos of Europa and Pajares Pass)
Basque Mountains.
Pyrenees ( Aneto).
Catalan Coastal Ranges. (S捉 Montseny).
The Iberian Mountain Ranges (S捉 Demanda, Picos of Urbi坦n, Moncayo, S捉 Albarrac鱈n, S捉
Maestrazgo , Serran鱈a of Cuenca)
Central Mountains. (S捉 de Gredos, Puerto of Somosierra, Puerto of Navacerrada).
Toledo Mountains (S捉 Guadalupe).
Sierra Morena (Puerto of Despe単aperros).
The Baetic mountain ranges. (Penibetic Mountain, Sierra Nevada, Mulhac辿n, Serran鱈a of
Ronda, S捉 Cazorla, S捉 Segura).
PLATEAUS AND RIVER BASINS.
Central Plateau. ( Northern Plateau and Southern Plateau)
Ebro Basin.
Guadalquivir Basin.
INSULAR RELIEF.
Canary Islands (Teide)
Balearic Islands (S捉 Tramontana)
RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES.
Cant叩brica River Basin: Bidasoa, Narcea, Eo, Navia, Nervi坦n and Nal坦n.
Atlantic RiverBasin:Mi単o (Sil) and Ulla. Duero(Arlanz坦n, Pisuerga,Esla and Tormes).Tajo
(Jarama, Henares, Guadarrama, Alberche and Ti辿tar), Guadiana (Z叩ncara and Cig端ela) -
Guadalquivir (Genil) - Tinto and Odiel.
2. Mediterranean River Basin:Ebro (Arag坦n, G叩llego, Cinca and Jal坦n) Ter, Llobregat, Turia,
J炭car and Segura.
COASTAL RELIEF:
Gulfs: Vizcaya, C叩diz, Le坦n, Almer鱈a and Valencia.
Capes:Machichaco,Estaca de Bares,Finisterre, S.Vicente,Tarifa, Gata,Palos,Naoand Creus.
Estuaries: Bilbao, Vigo, Arosa and Pontevedra.
Islands: Menorca, Mallorca, Ibiza, Formentera. Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria,
Tenerife, Gomera, Palma and Hierro.