NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Portugal shares the Iberian Peninsula with Spain, although it is only about one-sixth as large as its neighbour. Including the Azores and Madeira, the country has a total area of 92, 389 square kilometres.

Detailed explanation-2: -Most of Spain’s national territory is located on the Iberian Peninsula (which it shares with Portugal and Andorra) situated in the southwest corner of Europe.

Detailed explanation-3: -Spain and Portugal occupy the Iberian Peninsula, which is separated at its southern tip from North Africa by only a narrow strait situated at the juncture of the Mediterranean and the Atlantic.

Detailed explanation-4: -Spain, Portugal, Andorra, Gibraltar, and a small part of France are on the Iberian Peninsula, with Spain and Portugal making up most of the area. The Iberian Peninsula is separated from France by the Pyrenees Mountains and is about nine miles from Africa across the Strait of Gibraltar.

Detailed explanation-5: -Iberian Peninsula, peninsula in southwestern Europe, occupied by Spain and Portugal. Its name derives from its ancient inhabitants whom the Greeks called Iberians, probably for the Ebro (Iberus), the peninsula’s second longest river (after the Tagus).