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| Paris | inland port, most populated city, capital |
| Lyon | second largest city, located where the Saône & Rhône Rivers meet, known for banking, pharmaceutical & textile industries |
| Marseille | seaport on the Mediterranean Sea, third largest city, France's largest seaport |
| Le Havre | France's chief port on the English Channel, located where the Seine River empties into La Manche |
| La Manche | the English Channel |
| châteaux | castles, palaces, fortresses belonging to the royal family, aristocrats & wealthy merchants |
| Les Pyrénées | mountain range that forms a natural border between France & Spain |
| Les Alpes | mountain range that forms a natural border between France, Italy, & Switzerland |
| Mount Blanc | mountain found in the Alps, highest peak in France and Western Europe |
| Loire River | longest river in France, popular tourist attraction due to the châteaux found in the area, |
| Le Massif Central | mountains located in the southern center of France, around Clermont Ferrand |
| Lille | city located in northeastern France, center for cotton & linen fabrics, famous for it's Flemish squares & belfries |
| Reims | located northeast of Paris, coronation site of the kings of France, nickname: "City of Coronations" |
| Strasbourg | a river port on the Rhine, center for the Council of Europe, one of the three cities of the European Union, noted for astronomical clock & gothic cathedral |
| Garonne River | shortest river of France, major source of hydroelectric power, starts in the Pyrénées mountains & empties into the Atlantic Ocean |
| Le Jura | mountain range which is located on the border of France & Switzerland and France & Germany |
| Clermont-Ferrand | located in the center of France, commercial & industrial center, known for production of Michelin tires |
| Le Cantal | an extinct volcano located near the city of Clermont-Ferrand |
| Les Voges | mountain range near Strasbourg and the German border |
| Nantes | port city located on the Loire River |
| Biarritz | located in the Basque region, former whaling port located along the southwestern Atlantic Shore, today it is a resort with good beaches, scuba diving, surfing & windsurfing |
| Seine River | most navigable river in France, empties into to the Enlgish Channel at Le Havre, Paris is located on this river |
| Vulcania | located near Clermont-Ferrand, interactive attraction where people can learn all about volcanoes |
| Bordeaux | old port city located at the mouth of the Garonne River, in the southwest of France, surrounding area is famous for it's vineyards |
| Rhone River | starts as a glacial stream in the Alps Mountains, empties into the Mediterranean Sea, important source of hydroelectric power |
| Rhine River | industrial river in northeast France, starts in Switzerland & flows through the Netherlands, natrual border between France & Germany |
| Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, English Channel | bodies of water which border France on three sides |
| Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy & Spain | six countries which border France |
