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GEOGRAPHY OF SPAIN

Territorial Organisation

They are 17 autonomus communities in Spain . They are also autonomous cities in North Africa : Ceute and Melilla . Depending on its size , each autonomous community has one or more provinces provinces . Provinces are divided into municipalities

Regional government

Local government

- Elections - every four years

- Deputies form - Parliament - Elect President

- Statute of Autonomy is a document that defines the Powers of an autonomous community or autonomus city :

. Territory and capital city

. Official language or languages

. Legal power and government institutions

. Symbols , such as the flag , anthem and coat of arms

- Most provinces have a diputación made up of representatives from the different municipalities in the province.

- Coordinate local services , especially for municipalities with a smaller population

- Elections - every four years

- Eligible voters choose representatives called councillors the councillors choose the mayor , who is the leader of the municipal government.

Pysical geography

Rivers

Relief

- The place where a river beings is called the source . A tributary is a river or stream that flows into a larger river . The mouth of a river is the place where it flows into a lake , sea or an ocean

- Spain has three watersheds : the Cantabrian , Atlantic and Mediterranian watersheds . A watershed is an area of land whose rivers all flow to the same body of water , such as a sea or an ocean .

- Cantabrian watershed : Rivers in the Cantabrian watershed flow from the cordillera cantábrica or the Montes Vascos into the Cantabrian sea . The rivers in this area are short and flow quicly . The Atlantic climate causes high levels of precipitation and rivers with a large water flow .

- Atlantic watershed : These rivers flow into the Atlantic Ocean . They are influenced by the region they are in . In Galicia , he rivers are short with a large water flow . Long rivers that flow throught areas of low precipitation in the Meseta have an irregular water flow .

- Mediterranean watershed : Most rivers that flow into the Mediterranean sea are short and have an irregular water flow

- Spain's varied landscape included many mountains ranges . The Pyrenees , Montes de Leon and the Cordillera Cantábrica are in the north . Southern mountain ranges include the Sistema Bético and Sierra Morena .

A plateau , the Meseta , spreads across central Spain . The highest mountain on mainland Spain is Mulhacén , but the highest point on Spain territory is the volcano Teide , in Tenerife