Iberian Peninsula

• <S: >The Mediterranean Sea has a strong influence on the climate of the coastal regions of the Iberian and Apennine Peninsulas.
• Big rivers on Iberian Peninsula are: Ebro, Duero, Tajo, Guadalquivir
• Most precipitation falls in the Pyrenees
• Large areas with plateaus and isolated massifs occupy most of the land
• Coastal areas - more precipitation, lower annual fluctuations
• Inland areas - dry, hot in summer, cold in winter
• The climate is influenced by the Gulf Stream and dry, warm winds from the Sahara
• it is washed by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and by the Mediterranean to the east
• it is linked to the mainland by the Pyrenees and separated from Africa by the Gibraltar
• Gibraltar has its narrowest point which is only 14,24 km