Theme : Water for Agriculture in the next millenniu m

Spain

Introduction

Spain, as one of the world's leading tourist countries, known for its colourful bullfights, rocky Atlantic Coast, Sunny Mediterranean beaches and Islands, sunny climate and beautiful story book castles, is the third largest country in Europe and occupies about 5/6ths of Iberian Peninsula, which lies in the South Western Europe, between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. Madrid is Spain's capital and largest city, situated in the centre of the country. Most of Spain is a high dry plateau, called the "Meseta Central". Hills and mountain chaines rise throughout the Meseta, and north of it a mountain barrier, the Pyrenees. extends across the peninsula and form border with France