The world around us
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Around Spain
Spain is in the south of Europe. It’s part of the
Iberian Peninsula
.
It also has two
archipelagos
: the
Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands.
Spain has
borders
with
France
and
Andorra
in the north and with
Portugal
in the west. There are
also seas and an ocean around Spain’s coast: in the north there’s the
Cantabrian Sea
. In the west and
south-west there’s the
Atlantic Ocean
. In the south and east there’s the
Mediterranean Sea
.
Can you nd your
autonomous community
on the map?
L O O K & T H I N K
1
Look at the map and find out how many
autonomous communities:
a)
have a border with France
b)
have a border with Portugal
c)
have a coast on the Mediterranean Sea.
