Located at the western end of the European continent, it is 4 1 to 5 1 north latitude, 6/west longitude and 0/east longitude, with a length of about 1000 km from north to south and east to west. The territory is hexagonal and belongs to temperate zone. France is bordered by the North Sea in the north, the English Channel in the northwest, the Atlantic Ocean in the west, the Mediterranean Sea in the south, Belgium and Luxembourg in the northeast, Germany and Switzerland in the east, Italy and Monaco in the southeast and Spain and Andorra in the southwest.

The peaks and mountains on the southern and eastern borders of France are the Pyrenees, Alps and Jura Mountains, and the river is the Rhine. In the Mediterranean, it governs Corsica and many coastal islands.

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The European territory of France is 55 1500 square kilometers (2 12935 square miles), which is the largest among the EU member states. The total area of France (including overseas territories, excluding Adelaide) is 64380 1 square kilometer (248573 square miles), accounting for 0.45% of the total land area of the world.

France's overseas territories are distributed all over the world, and its exclusive economic zone covers an area of 65,438+065,438+0,035,000 square kilometers (4,260,637 square miles), ranking second in the world after the United States and ahead of Australia, and its exclusive economic zone accounts for 8% of the total area of the world economic zone.

France has diverse landforms, including coastal plains in the northwest, Alps and Pyrenees in the southeast and southwest, and central plateau in the south-central. Located on the border between France and Italy, Mont Blanc is 48 10 meters above sea level and 45 meters (15782 feet) above sea level, making it the highest mountain in Europe.

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