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