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Places in News: France
- Bordering Countries: Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, and Monaco
- Does the Tropic of Cancer pass through? No
- Major Rivers: Siene (drains into the English Channel), Rhine (drains into the North Sea)
- Topography and Geographical Landscape:
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- Wide fertile plains dominate most of the north and west
- Massif Central region is the hub of dormant volcanoes
- One-fifth of the Alps Mountain System lies in France
