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  • Checked September 2026

Map of France Physical Features

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Map of France Physical Features

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Write the name of each numbered feature.Answer key

  1. Alps
  2. Pyrenees
  3. Massif Central
  4. Jura Mountains
  5. Vosges Mountains
  6. Ardennes
  7. Seine
  8. Loire
  9. Garonne
  10. Dordogne
  11. Rhône
  12. Saône
  13. Marne
  14. Rhine
  15. Moselle
  16. Meuse
  17. Brittany
  18. Corsica
  19. English Channel
  20. Bay of Biscay
  21. Mediterranean Sea
  22. Gulf of Lion
  23. Ligurian Sea
  24. North Sea
  25. Lake Geneva

Drawn for this site from Natural Earth 5.1.2. Licence: public domain.

Each feature is a button. Use the arrow keys to move between them and Enter to choose. Names are read out in Study, and once a feature is answered.

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Mountains and uplands 6

  1. Alps Les Alpes. Mont Blanc, 4,807 m, stands on the Italian border.
  2. Pyrenees Les Pyrénées. Nearly 500 km long, with Andorra in the middle.
  3. Massif Central Le Massif central. Spans about 15% of mainland France.
  4. Jura Mountains Le Jura. It gave its name to the Jurassic period.
  5. Vosges Mountains Les Vosges. Highest peak: Grand Ballon, 1,424 m.
  6. Ardennes L'Ardenne. Mostly in Belgium and Luxembourg, reaching into France.

Rivers 10

  1. Seine La Seine. 777 km, through Paris to the Channel at Le Havre.
  2. Loire La Loire. France's longest river, 1,006 km.
  3. Garonne La Garonne. Rises in the Spanish Pyrenees; 529 km long.
  4. Dordogne La Dordogne. Joins the Garonne to form the Gironde estuary.
  5. Rhône Le Rhône. Ends in the Camargue delta on the Gulf of Lion.
  6. Saône La Saône. Rises in the Vosges and joins the Rhône in Lyon.
  7. Marne La Marne. 514 km; joins the Seine just upstream of Paris.
  8. Rhine Le Rhin. Marks much of the French–German border.
  9. Moselle La Moselle. Rises in the Vosges; joins the Rhine at Koblenz.
  10. Meuse La Meuse. 925 km long; reaches the North Sea in the Netherlands.

Coasts, seas and Lake Geneva 9

  1. Brittany La Bretagne. Between the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay.
  2. Corsica La Corse. The Mediterranean's fourth-largest island.
  3. English Channel La Manche. Only 34 km wide at the Strait of Dover.
  4. Bay of Biscay Le golfe de Gascogne. Up to 4,735 m deep.
  5. Mediterranean Sea La mer Méditerranée. Joined to the Atlantic at Gibraltar.
  6. Gulf of Lion Le golfe du Lion. Home of the Mistral and Tramontane winds.
  7. Ligurian Sea La mer Ligure. Over 2,800 m deep northwest of Corsica.
  8. North Sea La mer du Nord. Joined to the Atlantic by the English Channel.
  9. Lake Geneva Le lac Léman. 40% French, 60% Swiss.

How this list was compiled: Names and outlines: Natural Earth 5.1.2 physical layers (credited under the drawing). Every detail line was read in the English Wikipedia article linked from its item and checked 2026-09-24. The French name of each of the ten rivers was checked against the national water data reference, SANDRE (Service d'administration nationale des données et référentiels sur l'eau), record linked from the item, read 2026-09-24: la Loire ----0000, la Seine ----0010, le Rhône V---0000, la Garonne O---0000, la Dordogne P---0000, la Meuse B---0000, le Rhin A---0000, la Saône U---0000, la Marne F---0100, la Moselle A---0060. IGN Géoportail serves its names through a map application only, so the ranges, coasts and seas rest on Wikipedia and the Natural Earth outlines. French names are in the field french and are typed answers. Licence: own work

The drawing: Drawn for this site from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_10m_geography_regions_polys (scale 1:10,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_geography_regions_polys.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19; from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_50m_geography_marine_polys (scale 1:50,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_50m_geography_marine_polys.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19; from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_10m_geography_marine_polys (scale 1:10,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_geography_marine_polys.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19; from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_10m_lakes (scale 1:10,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_lakes.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19; from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_10m_rivers_lake_centerlines (scale 1:10,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_rivers_lake_centerlines.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19. Surrounding land from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_10m_admin_0_countries_lakes (scale 1:10,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_admin_0_countries_lakes.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19. Lambert azimuthal equal-area projection centred on 46.5°N 2.5°E. Outlines simplified; small islands are left out. Licence: public domain (Natural Earth terms of use: https://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/terms-of-use/)

How it works

This map of France's physical features labels 25 of them: six mountain ranges and uplands, ten rivers, Brittany and Corsica, the four seas around the coast and Lake Geneva. Each one gives its French name.

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A map of France's mountains first

The quiz starts with the six ranges and uplands: the Alps, Pyrenees, Massif Central, Jura, Vosges and Ardennes. The ten rivers come next, then the coasts, seas and Lake Geneva, which is answered at its numbered ring.

Where rivers cross the mountains

The Rhône runs between the Alps and the Massif Central, and the Meuse crosses the Ardennes. A tap on a river line counts for the river, so tap a range's shading away from the lines.

  • West to east across the north: Seine, Marne, Meuse, Moselle, Rhine.

Questions and answers

What are the main mountains in France?

The Alps in the southeast, where Mont Blanc reaches 4,807 meters on the Italian border, and the Pyrenees along the border with Spain. Lower are the Massif Central, the Jura and the Vosges; the Ardennes just reach France in the north.

What is the longest river in France?

The Loire, 1,006 kilometers from the Massif Central to the Atlantic at Saint-Nazaire. Over a fifth of France drains into it, yet on average carries only half as much water as the Rhône.

Does this French physical map give the French names?

Yes. Each detail line starts with the French name, and the French name counts as a typed answer: la Manche for the English Channel, le golfe de Gascogne for the Bay of Biscay, le lac Léman for Lake Geneva.

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