The Geography

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The Geography of Europe
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Land of Europe vs USA
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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
Southern Peninsulas
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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

• 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
  the most Polluted

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Capitals on the Rivers
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
Moscow on the Moscow River
Berlin on the Spree
Rome on the Tiber
Vienna on the Danube
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Answer
They are Europes lifeline, Highways,
Power!!!!
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The Alps

• Cover most of Switzerland, Austria, and parts of
  Italy and France.
• Alps act as a border between Central Southern
  Europe

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Other Mountains of Europe

• Pyrenees separates
• France from Spain
• Apennines run through Italy

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Norwegian Fjords
Glaciers cut deep valleys in the
ocean during the Ice Age.
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The North European Plain

• Like USs Great Plains
• N.E.P. is responsible for growing most of
  Europes grain and dairy

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The Northern European Plain --gt An Invasion Route
into Asia ( Vice Versa?)
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Climate
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Why Does Europe Have warmer climate than the
USA???
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• North Atlantic Drift carries warm water from the
  equator
• Prevailing Westerlies The warm wind that blows
  from the Equator
• The Alps Mountains block cold Artic air