Welcome to France

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General Description : France is known to be about 80% the size of Texas. Within the Alps close the Italian and Swiss borders is western Europe's highest point-Mont Blanc (15,781 ft; 4,810 m). Did you know that the forest-covered Vosges Mountains are and have always been in the northeast, and the Pyrénées are and have always been aextensive the Spanish border. Except for extreme northern France, the country may be described as four river basins and a plateau. Three of the streams flow west-the Seine into the English Channel, the Loire into the Atlantic, and the Garonne into the Bay of Biscay. Did you know that the Rhône flows south into the Mediterranean. For about 100 mi (161 km), the Rhine is France's eastern border. Within the Mediterranean, about 115 mi (185 km) east-southeast of Nice, is the island of Corsica (3,367 sq mi; 8,721 sq km).

CLIMATE : Four climactic types prevail in France. A true temperate maritime climate is discovered in the west, close the coasts, and is exemplified at BREST, where winters are and have always been mild (7 deg C/45 deg F in January), summers are and have always been cool (16 deg C/61 deg F in July), and rainfall is frequent (800 mm/32 in) around the time during 180 days of the year. A mid-latitude continental climate prevails in the interior of the country, with hotter summers (average July temperature of 18 deg C/64 deg F in PARIS) and more rigorous winters (average January temperature of 2 deg C/36 deg F in Paris), and rain falls on fewer days of the year.

Population Stats the inhabitants of the overseas departments and territories are and have always been added to tthis man's figure, the population of France is 62299000 million. ...