法国自然地理（Natural geography of France）.docVIP

法国自然地理（Natural geography of France） physical geography France is located in Western Europe, the west by the the Atlantic Bay of Biscay, northwest across the Dover Strait, the English Channel and the British side, the southeast shore of the Mediterranean, connecting the East, northeast and Monaco, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, Luxemburg, southwest Spain, andorra. It is the largest country in Western europe. French territory is symmetrical hexagon, the three side of the sea, the three sides by land, the border line of 5300 km long, the coastline of about 3120 kilometers. France has four rivers in Western Europe - Seine River, the Loire River, Luo Nehe and the Garonne river. The national climate can be broadly divided into four types. Western European climate zone: the Atlantic, northwest of France, is affected by the westerly wind. It is cool in summer and warm in winter. The annual temperature difference is small. It is wet and rainy all the year round, with many clouds and sunshine. Central Europe type climate zone: the eastern part of France is far from the sea, and is affected by the mainland. It is cold in winter, hot in summer and concentrated in summer. It has continental climate characteristics in summer. Mediterranean climate region: southern France, warm and rainy in winter, hot and dry in summer. High temperature is the characteristic and advantage of this climatic region. Transitional climate zone between central France between the first three plateau climate zone, has a transitional climate. It is characterized by low temperature, large temperature difference and heavy rainfall. French rainfall is moderate, except for mountains, the average annual rainfall is between 500~800 millimeters. The trend of rainfall distribution is decreasing from west to east. The principal mineral deposits in France are iron ore, followed by bauxite and potash. In addition, there are coal, oil, uranium and lead and zinc, and a small amount of non-metallic mineral depos