Mapquest Driving Directions in France

Area
With 550 000 km2 according to Mapquest Driving Directions, France is the largest country of Western Europe (approximately 1/5 area of EU) with a large maritime area (economic sector is about 11 million km2).
Terrain
The main territory of France includes many variety geographic regions, from the northern and western coastline plains to mountain ranges like Alps (east-south) and Pyrenees (West-South) and (Pi-rê-nê). The highest peak of Western Europe lies in Alps belongs to France: Mont Blanc Peak is 4.810m (15.781 ft) above sea level. France has some big river systems as: Loan, Ron, Garon and Seine.

The regions and overseas territories of France scattered on all oceans of the planet,via Mapquest Driving Directions, help this country owned the 2nd largest exclusive economic zone (EEZ)  with an area of 11,035,000km2. The French Exclusive Economic Zone accounts for nearly 8% of the total area of EEZ of all over the world, while its land area occupied 0.45% the total world surface.
Plains: 2/3 total area.
Main mountain ranges: Alps (Mont-Blanc Peak is the highest peak of western Europe – 4807m), Pyrénées, Jura, Ardennes, Massif central et Vosges.
Coast line: France owns 5500km coastline since 4 sides are contiguous ocean (North Sea, Manche Sea, Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean)
7 national parks,
132 nature conservation areas,
463 habitat protection zones,
389 area protected by conservation agencies coastal ecology
Including 35 natural parks in the regions, accounting for more than 7% of the territory
Agricultural and forestry landuse is up to 48 million hectares, accounting for about 82% of the territory as estimated calculation of  Mapquest Driving Directions
From Mapquest Driving Directions, forest accounts for 26% of the territory, ranked No. 3 of the EU after Sweden and Finland. French forest area has increased by 35% in 1945 and doubled over 200 years ago.

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