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The majority of Spain's peninsular region consists of the Meseta Central, a highland plateau rimmed and dissected by mountain ranges.

Other landforms include narrow coastal plains and some lowland river valleys, the most prominent of which is the Andalusian Plain in the southwest.

The country can be divided into ten natural regions or subregions: the dominant Meseta Central, the Cantabrian Mountains ( Cordillera Cantabrica ) and the northwest region, the Ibérico region, the Pyrenees, the Penibético region in the southeast, the Andalusian Plain, the Ebro Basin, the coastal plains, the Balearic Islands, and the Canary Islands.

These are commonly grouped into four types: the Meseta Central and associated mountains, other mountainous regions, lowland regions, and islands.