The Geography

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The Geography of Europe
Mr. White
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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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World Population by Continents
Asia 3,737,000,000
Africa 823,000,000
Europe 729,000,000
North America 486,000,000
South America 351,000,000
Oceania (incl. Australia)   31,000,000
Antarctica no permanent population
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Europe as a Queen Munster, 1588
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Satellite View of Europe
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Europes Latitude v. US
What might we infer about the climate of Europe?
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Europe An Asian Peninsula?
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European Peninsulas
Scandinavia Peninsula
Jutland Peninsula
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Iberian Peninsula
Italian Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula
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• Four Physical Regions of Europe
• Western Uplands- geologically similar to the
  Appalachian Mountains of North America
• Northern Lowlands- most populated, The North
  European Lowland has been an invasion route over
  the years for many armies.  good agricultural
  lands, and many navigable rivers
• Central Uplands- Iberian Peninsula to Eastern
  Europe.Many coalfields and agriculture
• Alps- Mountainous, but passes used for centuries
  Includes Alps, Pyrenees, Apennines, Caucasus,
  Ural, Carpathians

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The North European Plain
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Mountains
Urals
Caucasus
Pyrennes
Carpathians
Alps
Apennines
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The Alps
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The Alps
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Transylvania in the Carpathian Mountains
Home of Vlad Tepeš, the Drakul (Count
Dracula)
Vlad the impaler killed nearly 100,000
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Many Rivers of Europe
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Rhine River

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Rhine River
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• Danube River

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The Volga River
The longest river in Europe --gt 2,300 miles.
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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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Lets Make a Map

• Bodies of water
• Atlantic Ocean
• Arctic Ocean
• Mediterranean Sea
• North Sea
• Black Sea
• Baltic Sea
• English Channel
• Strait of Gibraltar
• Thames R.
• Ebros R.
• Tiber R.
• Po R.
• Volga R.
• Rhine R.
• Danube R.
• Seine R.
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• Countries
• United Kingdom
• Ireland
• France
• Spain
• Germany
• Switzerland
• Austria
• Belgium
• Netherlands
• Denmark
• Italy
• Greece

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• Mountains
• Pyrenees
• Alps
• Apennines
• Carpathian
• Caucasus