The Geography

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The Geography of Europe
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Europes Latitude v. US
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Former Soviet Region Compared in Latitude Area
with the United States
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Satellite View of Europe
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3,800 square miles
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REGIONS
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Continents by Size (sq. km.)
Asia 44,579,000
Africa 30,065,000
North America 24,256,000
South America 17,819,000
Antarctica 13,209,000
Europe 9,938,000
Oceania (incl. Australia)   7,687,000
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Topography
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Europe A Peninsula of Peninsulas?
OR
A Peninsula of Asia?
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Europe An Asian Peninsula?
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Northern Peninsulas
Scandinavian Peninsula
Jutland Peninsula
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Southern Peninsulas
CrimeanPeninsula
Iberian Peninsula
Italian Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula
AnatoleanPeninsula
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Peninsulas
Scandinavian Pen.
JutlandPen.
Crimean Pen.
Italian Pen.
Balkan Pen.
Iberian Pen.
Anatolean Pen.
Peloponnesian Pen.
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Bodies of Water
ArcticOcean
AtlanticOcean
North Sea
Baltic Sea
English Channel
CaspianSea
Bay ofBiscay
BlackSea
DardanellesStrait
Adriatic Sea
AegeanSea
TyrrhenianSea
Strait ofGibraltar
Mediterranean Sea
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Rivers
Volga R.
Don R.
Thames R.
Elbe R.
Vistula R.
Oder R.
Rhine R.
Dnieper R.
Seine R.
Loire R.
Danube R.
Po R.
Tagus R.
Tiber R.
Ebro R.
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The Danube River
1770 miles
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The Danube River
Where Buda Pest Meet

• Flows through the 12 countries of Germany,
  Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia, Croatia,
  Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Bulgaria,
  Romania, and the Ukraine.

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The Volga River

• The longest river in Europe --gt 2,300 miles.

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The Volga River

• The river is so polluted that the sturgeon
  catch has been decreased by 60.

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Why are most of the capitals of Europe on major
rivers??
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Capitals on the Rivers (1)
Paris, right bank of the Seine
London on the Thames
Prague on the Vltava
Budapest on the Danube
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Capitals on the Rivers (2)
Moscow on the Moscow River
Berlin on the Spree
Rome on the Tiber
Vienna on the Danube
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MoutainsPeaks
Ural Mts.
Carpathian Mts.
Caucasus Mts.
Alps Mts.
Pyrennes Mts.
Dinaric Alps
Apennines Mts.
Mt. Vesuvius
Mt. Olympus
Mt. Etna
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The Alps

• Cover most of Switzerland, Austria, and parts
  of Italy and France.

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Mt. Blanc in the Alps

• Highest mountain in the Alps 15,771 feet

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The Caucasus Mountains

• The origin of the word Caucasian.

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Ural Mountains The Great Divide
1500 miles

• Divides the European and Asian sections of
  Russia.

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The Ural Mountains