| Country on the south-western Europe. Located | | | | valleys and rivers. |
| on the west part of the Iberian Peninsula, | | | | |
| Portugal occupies an area of 92,152 km2. It | | | | On the south part of the Tejo river the |
| is bordered by Spain on the east and north | | | | terrain is formed by rolling plains, with low |
| and by the Atlantic Ocean on the west and | | | | altitude, where the plains prevail. The |
| south.The Portuguese territory is divided in | | | | highest mountains are located on the north of |
| three parts: the mainland, the autonomous | | | | the Tejo river, and the most importants are |
| region of Madeira and Azores which have their | | | | Serra da Estrela (1991 m), Serra do Gerês |
| own administration. | | | | (1508 m), Serra do Marão (1416 m), Serra |
| | | | do Montemuro (1381 m) and Serra do Caramulo |
| The mainland is divided into 18 | | | | (1075 m). On the south of the Tejo river, the |
| administrative district : Viana do Castelo, | | | | most important mountains are Serra de São |
| Vila Real, Bragança, Braga, Porto, Aveiro, | | | | Mamede (1025 m), Serra do Monchique (902 m) |
| Viseu, Guarda, Coimbra, Castelo Branco, | | | | and Serra do Caldeirão (577 m). |
| Leiria, Santarém, Portalegre, Lisbon, | | | | |
| Setúbal, Évora, Beja and Faro; the | | | | The rest of the Portuguese terrain is the |
| districts are divided into municipalities | | | | coastline, which can be divided in three big |
| (311), which are subdivided into civil | | | | set of plains: the Beira Litoral Plain formed |
| parishes. | | | | by the alluvial plains of Vouga and Mondego, |
| | | | the Algarve Plain and the alluvial Plain of |
| The autonomous region of Azores is an | | | | Tejo and Sado. The archipelagos of Azores and |
| archipelago of 9 islands, divided in three | | | | Madeira have theirs origins on volcanic |
| groups: the western, the central and the | | | | activities and theirs terrains are very |
| eastern. The islands of Flores and Corvo are | | | | rough. |
| part of the western group, the islands of S. | | | | |
| Jorge, Terceira, Faial and Pico are part of | | | | The coastline of Azores has a lot of cliffs |
| the central group and the islands of S. | | | | and inside the islands the terrain is very |
| Miguel and Santa Maria are part of eastern | | | | mountainous. The highest mountain in Portugal |
| group. The autonomous region of Madeira is an | | | | is located inside the Pico island and it has |
| archipelago formed by the island of Madeira | | | | 2351 meters. One characteristic of Madeira is |
| and Porto Santo. | | | | that it has high mountains on the central |
| | | | part of the island. |
| The capital of Portugal is Lisbon. Other | | | | |
| cities of more importance are Porto, Coimbra, | | | | The most important rivers are, from north to |
| Setúbal, Aveiro, Braga and Faro. The | | | | south of the mainland, the Minho, the Douro, |
| Portuguese terrain has several different | | | | the Tejo and the Guadiana all they rising in |
| forms. On the north of the Tejo river, it is | | | | Spain and flowing to the Atlantic Ocean. |
| very rough, with mountains, except the coast | | | | Among the rivers whose course is Portuguese |
| plain, and with an average height above 400 | | | | only, we have the Cávado, the Vouga, the |
| meters. These mountains are crossed by | | | | Mondego, the Sado end Mira. |