Basque Country
The Basque Country (Euskadi in Basque) is situated in the north of Spain and is an autonomous community within the Kingdom of Spain. It has a total area of about 7230 square kilometres. It is bordered to the west by the Spanish provinces of Cantabria and Burgos, to the north by the Bay of Biscay, to the east by France and the Spanish province of Navarre, and by the Spanish province of La Rioja to the south. For further details on the region, see the Wikipedia article at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basque_Country_(autonomous_community).
Geographically the country can be divided into three areas:
The Atlantic Basin, which lies to the north bordering the Bay of Biscay. This has a rugged coastline.
South of the Atlantic Basin, a high plateau (the Llanada Alavesa), on which the capital city Gasteiz is situated. This central plateau is delineated by two ranges of mountains to the south and north (on which, see below). It has an average height of about 500 metres.
The Ebro Valley (Rioja Alavesa), which lies in the southern portion of the country.
Two mountain ranges, both parallel to each other on a west to east orientation, form connecting mountain chains between the Cordillera Cantábrica to the west and the Pyrenees to the east. These are the Basque Mountains.
The northern of the two ranges is the coastal range, which is the higher of the two. It forms the watershed between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean. The range is mainly composed of sedimentary rocks (limestone). The highest mountain in the coastal range, which is also the highest point in the country, is Aitxuri (1551m) on the Aitzkorri massif. This has a prominence of 943 metres.
To the south of the Llanada Alavesa (Central Plateau) lies the inner range, also mainly composed of limestone. The highest mountain in this range is Aratz (1443m) in the Altzania massif. This has a prominence of 309 metres.
There are twenty-one mountains and hills in the greater Basque Country with a prominence of at least 600 metres.
A list of all the mountains and hills in the greater Basque Country (spanning both Spain and France) to 250 metres of prominence can be found here. This list was compiled by the Basque Xavier Eguskitza, "Kartajanari"