Europe

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Europes Geography
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Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's
seven continents. Comprising the westernmost
peninsula of Eurasia. Europe is generally divided
from Asia to its east by the water divide of the
Ural Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian Sea,
and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast.
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• Europe is conventionally one of the seven
  continents of the world. Although referred to as
  a continent, Europe is actually just the western
  fifth of the Eurasian landmass, which is made up
  primarily of Asia.

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Danube River

• The Danube is the longest river in the European
  Union and Europe's second longest river after the
  Volga.
• Danube is second longest river in Europe, and one
  of the principal transportation arteries on the
  continent. It is the only major European river to
  flow from west to east.
• The Danube is the most important river running
  into the Black Sea. It is the second largest
  European river, which flows over 2,857 kilometers
  from its source in the Alps.

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Where is the Danube River?
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Rhine River

• The Rhine is one of the longest and most
  important rivers in Europe
• It rises in the Alps and flows in a northwestern
  direction through or adjoining Austria,
  Liechtenstein, France, Germany, and the
  Netherlands, to its mouth on the North Sea.

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Where is the Rhine River?
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English Channel

• The English Channel separates England from
  northern France, and joins the North Sea to the
  Atlantic.

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English Channel
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Mediterranean Sea

• The Mediterranean Sea is an inland sea of Europe,
  Asia, and Africa, linked to the Atlantic Ocean at
  its western end by the Strait of Gibraltar.

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Where is the Mediterranean Sea?
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European Plain

• The European Plain or Great European Plain is a
  plain in Europe. It is the largest mountain-free
  landform in Europe.

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Where is the European Plain?
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The Alps

• The Alps is the name for one of the greatest
  mountain systems of Europe, stretching from
  Austria in the East through Italy, Switzerland,
  and Germany to France in the west.
• The Alps is a great mountain system of south
  central Europe. The Alps are the highest and most
  densely settled mountain belt of Europe,
  occupying an area of about 200,000 sq km (about
  80,000 sq mi) and inhabited by some 20 million
  people.

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Where are the Alps?
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The Pyrenees

• The Pyrenees are a range of mountains that form a
  natural border between France and Spain.

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Where are the Pyrenees?
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Ural Mountains

• The Ural Mountains are a mountain range that runs
  roughly north and south through western Russia.
• The Ural Mountains is a system of mountains which
  extends from the Arctic Ocean southwards nearly
  to the Caspian Sea, and is regarded as separating
  Europe from Asia.

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Where are the Ural Mountains?
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Iberian Peninsula

• The Iberian Peninsula is located in the extreme
  southwest of Europe, and includes modern-day
  Spain, Portugal, Andorra and Gibraltar and a very
  small area of France.

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Where is the Iberian Peninsula?
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Scandinavian Peninsula

• The Scandinavian Peninsula is a geographic region
  in northern Europe, consisting of Norway, Sweden
  and the northwestern section of Finland.

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Where is the Scandinavian Peninsula?
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Belgium

• The Kingdom of Belgium is a country in northwest
  Europe. It is a founding member of the European
  Union and hosts its headquarters, as well as
  those of other major international organizations,
  including NATO.
• Belgium is a constitutional monarchy in
  northwestern Europe. Belgium is one of the
  smallest and most densely populated European
  countries. It is also the most urbanized 97
  percent of its people live in urban areas.

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Which country is Belgium?
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France

• France is a country whose metropolitan territory
  is located in Western Europe and that also
  comprises various overseas islands and
  territories located on other continents
• France is a major industrialized nation in
  western Europe. France is the third largest
  country in Europe, after Russia and Ukraine, and
  the fourth most populous.

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Which country is France?
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Germany

• Germany is a country in central Europe. It is
  bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark,
  and the Baltic Sea to the east by Poland and the
  Czech Republic to the south by Austria and
  Switzerland and to the west by France,
  Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands.
• The Federal Republic of Germany is a major
  industrialized nation in Central Europe a federal
  union of 16 states. Germany has a long, complex
  history and rich culture, but it was not unified
  as a nation until 1871.

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Which country is Germany?
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Italy

• Italy is located on the Italian Peninsula in
  southern Europe and on the two largest islands in
  the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily, and Sardinia.
• Italy is a republic in southern Europe, on the
  northern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. Most of
  Italy consists of a boot-shaped peninsula that
  juts out from southern Europe into the
  Mediterranean.

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Which country is Italy?
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Poland

• Poland is a country in central Europe. Poland is
  bordered by Germany to the west the Czech
  Republic and Slovakia to the south Ukraine,
  Belarus, and Lithuania to the east and the
  Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast to the north.
• Poland is a country in Central Europe. Communists
  ruled Poland from 1945 until 1989, when political
  and economic unrest among Poles resulted in the
  collapse of the regime and its replacement by a
  non-Communist coalition.

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Which country is Poland?
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Russia

• Russia is a transcontinental country extending
  over much of northern Eurasia. It is a
  semi-presidential republic comprising 83 federal
  subjects.
• Russia is an independent country officially known
  as the Russian Federation. By far the worlds
  largest country, Russia is almost twice the size
  of the next largest country, Canada.

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Which country is Russia?
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Spain

• Spain is a country located in southwestern Europe
  on the Iberian Peninsula. Its mainland is
  bordered to the south and east by the
  Mediterranean Sea except for a small land
  boundary with Gibraltar to the north by France,
  Andorra, and the Bay of Biscay and to the west
  by the Atlantic Ocean and Portugal.
• Spain is a parliamentary monarchy occupying 85
  percent of the Iberian Peninsula in the
  southwestern corner of Europe. Portugal and the
  British territory of Gibraltar occupy the
  remainder of the peninsula.

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Which country is Spain?
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Ukraine

• Ukraine is a country in eastern Europe. It is
  bordered by Russia to the east Belarus to the
  north Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west
  Romania and Moldova to the southwest and the
  Black Sea and and Sea of Azov to the south.
• Ukraine is the second largest country in Europe
  after Russia. Much of Ukraine is a fertile plain
  suited for agriculture.

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Which country is Ukraine?
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United Kingdom

• The United Kingdom is a sovereign state located
  off the northwestern coast of continental Europe.
  It is an island country, Great Britain, the
  northeast part of Ireland and many small islands.
• United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy in
  northwestern Europe, officially the United
  Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
  Great Britain is the largest island in the
  cluster of islands, or archipelago, known as the
  British Isles.

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Which country is the United Kingdom?
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Continents and Oceans

• There are 7 continents North America, South
  America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and
  Antarctica.
• There are 4 oceans Atlantic, Pacific, Indian,
  and Arctic.

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