Geography of Spain Frank Petrillo Travel Spain - Winter 2005

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Geography of SpainFrank PetrilloTravel
Spain - Winter 2005
Geography of SpainMusic by Paco de Lucia
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Geography of Spain

• Location (Where is it?)
• Topography (Whats the land look like?)
• Climate (Whats the weather like?)
• Demography (Who lives there?)

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Relative Location

• Southwestern Europe,Southwest of France, East of
  Portugal.

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• Spain is also bordered by the North Atlantic
  Ocean, Bay of Biscay and the Mediterranean Sea.

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Absolute Location

• 40º North of the Equator (Latitude)
• 4º West of Greenwich (Longitude)

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• The country has a total area of 492,503 sq km
  with 4,964 km of coastline.

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• Oregons total area 251, 418 sq km
• Spains total area 492,503 sq km

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• There is a 9 hour difference in time between
  Spain and Oregon.

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• Spain G.M.T. 1

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• Oregon G.M.T. -8

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Topography

• The majority of Spain's landmass consists of the
  Meseta Central
• The Meseta Central is rimmed and dissected by
  five major mountain ranges

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Climate

• Spain lies within a temperate climate zone.
• It's rugged topography gives rise to a great
  diversity of climates.
• Maritime climate prevails in northern part of
  country
• Southern Sections of the country have a
  predominantly continental climate with hot, dry
  summers.

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Demography

• ESTIMATED POPULATION 39,439,400
• SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT Constitutional Monarchy
• PEOPLE Four major ethnic groups that are divided
  by language, Castilian, Basque, Catalan and
  Galician.
• RELIGION 97 of the population is Roman Catholic
  while less than 1 are Protestant.
• LANGUAGES The official language is Castilian.
• Density 79.1 persons per sq km.

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The EndFrank PetrilloTravel Spain - Winter
2005
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