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| | Physical geography and geology of Spain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) |
 | | Spain is separated from Punta de Ceres in Africa by 13.4 km at its narrowest point in the Straights of Gibraltar (Estrecho de Gibraltar, or just El Estrecho) at Tarifa, the southernmost town in Europe (Latitude 36º 1º N). |
 | | Of the 505,988 km2 of Spain, 57,615 km2 are below 200m, 156,370 km2 are between 201 and 600m, 198,650 km2 are between 601 and 1,000m, 88,766 km2 are between 1,000 and 2000m; and 4,587 km2 higher. |
 | | A siliceous Spain seated on hard and therefore durable crystalline rocks (granites, schist and gneiss) forming acid soils and poor in carbonates - the North and the West of the Peninsula; |
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