Geography?
By area = 42nd in the world
Border superficie = 4176km
Highest point = Mont Blanc (alps)
Lower point = etaing de lavaldue (salt water lagoon -10)
Longest river = Loire
5 main Rivers = Rhône, Loire, Rhine, seine, Garonne, Dordogne
Loire is known as last Wild River.
Longest to short = Loire, Rhone, seine
Rhone = Marseille, south of France, Source = Swisse, End = Mer Meditairienne
Rhine = Border of Germany, crosses 6 countries
Loire = Loire valley, end = Atlantic
Time zones are 12 & regions are 13
Largest island nouvelle Calendonia
Neighbour countries = Belge, swiss, Andorra, Spain, Italy, Germany, luxe,
Monaco
North east = belge and luxe
East = germs, Swiss, Italy
South = med sea, Andorra, Spain,
Longest border = Belgium
Shortest = Monaco
The borderline of Germany and France is “Maginot”
It is after French Prime Minister Andre Maginot and built by Paul Painleve.
French overseas department is French Guiana bordered with Brazil & Surinam
Flag designed by Jaques Louis David and La Fayette
Superficie de france = 550,000
Les Pyrenees divides spain and france.
La hauteur du Mont Blanc = 4807
La Bassin aquitain est au nord des pyrenees. (Garonne)
Toulouse, Agen et Bordeaux is near Garonne.
Rouen, Paris, Troyes is near Seine.
Lyon, Valence, Avignon is near Rhone.
Nevers, Orleans, Blois, Tours, Nantes is near Loire.
Loire is 1020 km.
French ports… = Sete, Boulogne, Marseille, Havre, Dijon, Lyon, Bayonne,
Bordeaux.
French oil comes from north of the country.
Bauxite comes from En provence.
Airbus is made in Toulouse.
French Fromage = Roquefort, Cantal, Brie, Camembert.
La France lance ses fusées = Kourou en Guyane