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Its total area including Spanish island territories is 505,370 km 2 (195,124 sq mi) of which 499,542 km 2 (192,874 sq mi) is land and 5,240 km 2 (2,023 sq mi) is water. [2] It has the 30th largest Exclusive Economic Zone of 1,039,233 km 2 (401,250 sq mi). Spain lies between latitudes 27° and 44° N, and longitudes 19° W and 5° E. Its ...
Peninsular Spain and the Pityusic Islands as seen from satellite. The snow-covered areas are the highest areas of the peninsula. Peninsular Spain has a surface area of 493,458 km 2 (97.53% of the national territory) and its coastline measures a total of approximately 4600 km. The average altitude is 660 meters above sea level, and the maximum ...
It occupies an area of 23.94 km² and is surrounded by 223 km² of rice fields. [7] The Albufera's hydrographic basin encompasses an area of 917.1 km², spanning from sea level to an altitude of approximately 1,000 meters above mean sea level.
An ancient shipwreck that dates back to the 7th century B.C.E. has been removed from waters off Spain, two decades after its discovery in 1994. ... coast of Murcia in southeastern Spain, near the ...
A gold lunula with two gold discs was found in Cabeceiras de Basto, Portugal, dating from the Bell Beaker period. [88] [89] In 2016 archaeologists discovered a large circular earthwork enclosure in southern Spain near Carmona (Sevilla), dating from the Bell Beaker period, c.2600–2200 BC. The complex of concentric rings, known as 'La Loma del ...
Lunula, the crescent-moon decoration on an ancient Roman calceus senatorius; Lunula (anatomy), the pale half-moon shape at the base of a fingernail; Lunule (bivalve), a crescent-moon shaped area on the shells of some marine bivalves; Calophasia lunula, a species of moth; Chaetodon lunula, a species of butterflyfish; The openings in the test of ...
The lake is a widening of the Tera. The Sanabria lake is now within the limits of the Sanabria Lake Natural Park. The area was declared a Natural Park in 1978. [2] The Sanabria comarca is one of the few areas in Western Europe having a sizeable population of wild wolves living in the Sierra de la Culebra mountain range.
The Iberian Peninsula (IPA: / aɪ ˈ b ɪər i ə n / eye-BEER-ee-ən), [a] also known as Iberia, [b] is a peninsula in south-western Europe.Mostly separated from the rest of the European landmass by the Pyrenees, it includes the territories of Peninsular Spain [c] and Continental Portugal, comprising most of the region, as well as the tiny adjuncts of Andorra, Gibraltar, and, pursuant to the ...