France borders the Bay of Biscay in the Atlantic Ocean in the west, the Dover Strait and the English Channel in the northwest, Britain in the southeast, Monaco, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Luxembourg and Belgium in the east and northeast, and Spain and Andorra in the southwest.
France is the largest country in western Europe. Its territory is a symmetrical hexagon, with three sides facing the sea and three sides facing the land. The border line is 5300 kilometers long and the coastline is about 3 120 kilometers long.
Topographic features of France
France has a flat terrain and the Paris basin is vast. In terms of climate, light and heat are more abundant because of the lower latitude. France is dominated by plains and hills, with high terrain in the southeast and low terrain in the northwest, facing the Atlantic Ocean.
The eastern part is the Alps and the Jura Mountains; The south-central part is the central plateau; There are Pyrenees mountains on the southwest border; The southwest area between the Central Plateau and the Pyrenees is the aquitaine Basin. The northern part is the Paris basin; To the northwest is Mount Amauri.