Introduction Video to Physical Geography of Europe Intro. Vid. Link. 5 min. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8brpoU_HNI

Unit 4, Chapt. 11, Europe Physical Geography Seas, Peninsulas, and Islands -Struggles with seas -How is lifestyle affected? -Seacoast shapes lifestyle -25% of Netherlands under sea Level!! How? D________

Dikes! Dikes have been used to increase the amount of land available to Netherlands. Here we see a woman riding her bike on the top of dike.

What’s a polder? The new land that is gained by building the dike and draining the water.

This shows parts below sea level and just above in green. Click on link for history link: http://www.chain.to/?m3=17142

Physical Continued Scandinavian Peninsula/ mountainous End of Ice Age/ left many lakes Deep trenches/ fjords Jutland Peninsula/ what country?

Jutland Penisula/ Denmark/ Danes

Norway and Sweden Sc. Penn.

Ice age ended…

…about 10,000 years ago

Fjords!!

Location!

Fjords

Fjords

Peninsulas Continued Iberian?____________ Apennine? _________ Balkan?__________ Misc.: The Alps stretch from Southern France to the Balkan Peninsula Name Europe’s Islands Iceland (active volcanoes) Ireland British Isles, cool and rainy

Video links section 1 BBC Fjords http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C43mB-3xJfs Home video of Polder http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oICl7ADDA84&feature=related Hong Kong’s new airport addition http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaJcX_3Xx84&feature=related End section 1

Section 2 Notes: How well do you know the countries of Europe Section 2 Notes: How well do you know the countries of Europe? What is we could re-arrange the countries of Europe? Link: 5 Minutes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdReh4le7x0&feature=related

C. 11 Sect 2, Europe Physical Variety of climate & Phys. feature Southern Europe Deciduous forest Coniferous forest Ireland lost 99% of it’s forest by 1922 S. Europe more mild/warm Mistral/Alpine winds into France Siroccos: high dry winds from N. Africa

C. 11 Sect 2, Europe Physical Alps block northern winds/ The Alpine region contains coniferous trees Gulf Stream: Warm ocean current from the Atlantic Ocean Misc. Chaparral: shrubs and small trees, almost desert-like!

Eastern and N. Europe *Humid Continental, cold snowy winter, hot summers, very similar to MN *E. Europe: Grasslands & Mixed forests *Far north, sub arctic/tundra/Iceland and Scandinavia *Foehns: Cause avalanches

Forests Coniferous Coniferous

Forests Deciduous Other…

Ireland Not as many trees left due to????

Climate types and land features reviewed Northern? Eastern? Southern? How have seas and the ocean affected Europeans? How about islands? Peninsulas? Hot winds from N. Africa?

Mistrals winds This is a strong, cold and usually dry regional wind in France, coming from the north or northwest

Foehns A föhn wind or foehn wind is a type of dry down-slope wind that occurs in the lee (downwind side) of a mountain range

Avalanches An avalanche is a sudden rapid flow of snow down a slope. Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0RWLxOFGLY How fast are they? Up to 200 MPH!

Siroccos a hot dust-laden wind from the Libyan deserts that blows on the northern Mediterranean coast chiefly in Italy.

Humid Continental Climate Similar to MN weather Very common to many parts of Europe

Grasslands