CHAPTER I.

THE GEOGRAPHY OF SPAIN.

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Boundaries of the Peninsula 1 Area and Coast-line 2 Six divisions of Spain _ib._

_Mountain chains_: Pyrenees 3 Cantabrian, Asturian, and Galician mountains 4 Leon _ib._ Oca, Sierra Moncayo, and Idubeda chains 5 Central Plateau and its passes _ib._ Culminating water-shed of the Peninsula 6 Guadarrama range _ib._ Toledan range 7 Sierra Morena and passes _ib._ Central ranges and river basins 8 Sierra Nevada and offshoots _ib._ Minor ranges 9

_Rivers, river basins, and rainfall_: Five great rivers 10 Rivers of Galicia and Asturias 11 Basque Provinces 12 Ebro and its tributaries and canals 12 Catalonia, streams of 14 Douro and its tributaries 15 Tagus " " 17 Guadiana " " and lakes 19 Guadalquiver, its tributaries, islands, and marismas 22 Segura and its irrigation 24 Jucar " " 25 Guadalaviar or Turia _ib._ Lakes and Albuferas 26 Water toponymy 27 Comparative table of principal rivers 28 Mineral springs and Salinas _ib._