Andorra is located on a territory of 468 km² in the eastern part of the Pyrenees between Spain with the south and France on the north . The country has no access to the sea.
| Geography of Andorra | |
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| Part of the world | Europe |
| Region | The Iberian Peninsula |
| Coordinates | 42 ° 33 ′ s w. 1 ° 35 ′ in d. |
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| Coastline | 0 km |
| Borders | 120.3 km Spain : 63.7 km France : 56.6 km |
| Highest point | 2942 m (Mount Coma Pedrosa ) |
| Lowest point | 840 m (merger of Valira and Rio-Runer ) |
| Largest river | Valira |
| Largest lake | Zhuklar (0.32 km²) |
The highest point is Mount Coma Pedrosa [1] (2942 m ) in the west of the country near the border with Spain and France. The lowest point is the confluence of the Valira and Rio-Rouner rivers on the border with Spain in the south (840 m). The average height is 1996 m above sea level .
The country's rivers are mountainous, usually with fast currents and narrow valleys , have sources near the border with France and are usually tributaries of the Valira. Other rivers in the country flow for several kilometers , flowing into the Spanish rivers .
The climate in Andorra is temperate , at the heights - cold . In the Valira Valley, the climate was previously classified as mountain subtropical . [2] At medium altitudes (up to 2000 m), the slopes of the mountains are covered with coniferous and mixed forests , higher are subalpine and alpine meadows . [3] Precipitation falls 1000-2000 mm per year . [2] Andorra belongs to the Iberian ecoregion .
Winter in the mountains is snowy , which allows the development of ski resorts .
Notes
- ↑ Trekking Andorra: Coma Pedrosa 2942 m (link not available) . Date of treatment April 28, 2009. Archived December 4, 2012.
- ↑ 1 2 Andorra - an article from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia .
- ↑ Andorra // Encyclopedia " Around the World ."