Continent located on: Europe
Climate: France has three types of climate. Along the Mediterranean coast, summers are hot and winters
are mild. The climate of western France, influenced by Atlantic winds, has cool summers and mild winters with plenty of rainfall.
As you travel frather east - away from the ocean - winters are colder, summers warmer, and there is less rain.
Physical features: French Alps in the east; Pyrenees in the southwest; Massif Central
in central France; Aquitaine Basin in the west; Paris Basin in the northwest; Seine River in the north empties into the
English Channel; Loire River in the west empties into the Bay of Biscay; Rhone River in the south empties into the Gulf of
Lion; Mediterranean Sea to the south; Atlantic Ocean to the west
