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Describe the characteristics of the Cantabrian coast.

Straight with high, rocky cliffs with sandy beaches.

Describe the Andalusian Atlantic coast.

Straight with long, flat, sandy beaches and sand dunes.

Where are Rias Altas?

North of Cape Fisterra.

What is this?

Wave-cut platforms.

Coastal wetlands are low-lying areas filled with what kind of water?

Salt water.

The coastline of peninsular Spain is classified into?

Atlantic coastline and Mediterranean coastline

The Atlantic coastline is divided into two main coastlines. What are they?

Cantabrian coast and the Galician Atlantic coast and Andalusian Atlantic coast.

What can influence the shape and features of coastlines?

Relief of the land, tides, and coastal erotion.

Give a river that flows into the Mediterranean Sea

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What are wave-cut platforms?

They are flat, sloaping areas of rock, found at the base of a sea cliff.

The highest point in all of Spain is?

Teide

What is this?

Rias.

What is this?

Coastal wetlands.

Name the two divisions of the Mediterranean coastline.

Andalusian Mediterranean coast and the Easter Mediterranean coast.

The Andalusian Atlantic coast stretches from ______ to the _______.

Guadiana River to the Strait of Gibraltar.

What is a rias?

A coastal inlet.

Give a river that flows into the Atlantic ocean

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Most of Spain is in _____________.

Iberian Peninsula

Where are Rias Bajas?

South of Cape Fisterra.

What coastlines are included in the Cantabrian coast?

Basque country, Cantabria, Asturias, and part of Galicia.

Give a river that flows into the Cantabrian sea

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Describe the Galician Atlantic coast.

Irregular with rocky cliffs.

What is the largest autonomous community in Spain?

Castilla y León

What are the smallest autonomous communities in Spain?

Ceuta and Melilla

Give 2 mountain ranges in Spain.

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