France. True-colour satellite image of France (darker colours). North is at top. Water is blue,vegetation green and snow white. France is bordered by Belgium to the north-east,and Germany,Switzerland and Italy to the east. The border with Spain (bottom left) is marked by the Pyrenees mountain chain. Snow can be seen on the mountains of the Alps at lower right. The south of England lies across the English Channel (La Manche) at top left. The French island of Corsica is seen in a box in the bottom left hand corner below the Bay of Biscay. In reality Corsica is found in the Mediterranean Sea (partially seen at bottom right) | |
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