At their closest points, the Iberian Peninsula and Morocco are separated by the Strait of Gibraltar. At wider points, they are also separated by the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.
The Straits of Gibraltar.
The Pyrenees mountain range separates the Iberian Peninsula from the rest of Europe.
The Pyrenees.
The Pyrenees.
Nothing separates a mountain range from land, the mountain range itself is what separates. For example, the Pyrenees separate France, Spain, and Andorra from each other as it is the border. However, nothing separates the Pyrenees from the rest of Europe.
The Pyrenees mountain range separates the Iberian Peninsula from the rest of Europe.The Pyrenees.
The closest gap between the Iberian Peninsula (Spain, Portugal, Andorra and Gibraltar) and Africa is between Gibraltar (South tip of Spain) and Morocco. The narrow stretch of water between these two countries is known as the strait of Gibraltar. To the East of this strait, the Iberian Peninsula is separated from Africa by the Mediterranean sea, and to the West of the strait of Gibraltar, Africa and the Iberian Peninsula are separated by the Atlantic Ocean.The Strait of Gibraltar.
strait of Gibraltar
The Strait of Gibraltar
Spain is in Europe, so there is no mountain range that divides Spain from Europe. What you are referring to is the Pyrenees Mountains, which forms much of Spain's border with France. As Spain is in the southeast of Europe, it could be looked upon as a boundary between Spain and most of the rest of Europe.
The Strait of Gibraltar is the narrow waterway that separates the Iberian Peninsula from Africa. It connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and is only about 8 miles wide at its narrowest point.
The Iberian Penisula is part of Europe but separated from the bulk of Europe by the Pyrenees Mountains.
The Iberian peninsula.