France,satellite image. North is at top. Natural colour satellite image showing France (centre) and the surrounding territories,with the Atlantic Ocean (blue) at left. France is located in Western Europe and is bordered by Spain,(lower left),Italy (lower right),Austria (centre right) Germany (upper right),Luxembourg (small,upper right),and Belgium (upper centre). Also seen are England (upper left) across the English Channel (blue,upper left),and the French Island of Corsica (lower right) in the Mediterranean Sea (blue,lower right). Image compiled from data acquired by the LANDSAT 5 and 7 satellites,in 2000 |