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Outside from the Iberian peninsula mainland, streams in the Canary Islands, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla are seasonal watercourses. The Santa Eulàlia river in Ibiza was traditionally considered as the single proper 'river' in the Balearic Islands, but it lost its constant flow by the late 20th-century.
This image is a derivative work of the following images: File:Spain_location_map.svg licensed with Cc-by-sa-3.0, GFDL . 2008-07-07T14:23:21Z NordNordWest 1184x1016 (548734 Bytes)
The official name of the Balearic Islands in Catalan is Illes Balears, while in Spanish, they are known as the Islas Baleares.. The ancient Greeks usually adopted local names into their own language, but they called the islands Γυμνησίαι / Gymnesiai, unlike either the native inhabitants of the islands, the Carthaginians, or the Romans, who called them Βαλεαρεῖς, with the ...
Mallorca, [a] or Majorca, [b] [2] [3] is the largest of the Balearic Islands, which are part of Spain, and the seventh largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. The capital of the island, Palma, is also the capital of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. The Balearic Islands have been an autonomous region of Spain since 1983. [4]
In August 2024, Spanish authorities launched an investigation on possible environmental crimes after reports surfaced that filming for the music video of the Katy Perry single "Lifetimes" had been held in the island's ecologically sensitive sand dunes without proper authorisation from the environment department of the Balearic Islands. [3] [4]
Relief map of peninsular Spain and the Balearic Islands. Map of Spain showing terrain altitude and topography. The Canary Islands, located in North Africa, are of volcanic origin. Hypsometric curve of peninsular Spain. In spite of being bathed by the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, half of its surface is at 660 m or more above sea level.
The Balearic Sea (endotoponym: Mar Balear in Catalan and Spanish) also known as Iberian Sea, [1] is a body of water in the Mediterranean Sea between the Balearic Islands and mainland Spain. [2] The Ebro River flows into this small sea.
Balearic Islands: Islas Baleares: Palma de Mallorca: 11.53 4.45 – 020: M-0: Isla Dragonera – Balearic Islands: Islas Baleares: Andraitx: 2.52 0.97 – – 023: M-0: Isla de Espalmador – Balearic Islands: Islas Baleares: Formentera: 1.37 0.53 – – 023: M-0: S'Illot – Balearic Islands: Islas Baleares: Alcúdia: n/d – – 027: M-0 ...