Europe Physical Characteristics Study Guide

Find NORWAY.

Find SWITZERLAND.

Find LUXEMBOURG.

Find UKRAINE.

Find FRANCE.

Find SPAIN.

Find GERMANY.

Find UNITED KINGDOM.

Find ITALY.

Find the IBERIAN PENINSULA.

Find the ITALIAN PENINSULA.

Find the SCANDINAVIAN PENINSULA.

Find the JUTLAND PENINSULA.

Find the BALKAN PENINSULA.

Find ICELAND.

Find GREAT BRITAIN.

Find SICILY.

Find IRELAND.

Find the ADRIATIC SEA.

Find the AEGEAN SEA.

Find the MEDITERRANEAN SEA.

Find the BALTIC SEA.

Find the BLACK SEA.

Find the NORTH SEA.

Find the ATLANTIC OCEAN.

Find the ARCTIC OCEAN.

Find the DANUBE RIVER.

Find the RHINE RIVER.

Find the SEINE RIVER.

Find the ALPS.

Find the PYRENEES.

Find the NORTHERN EUROPEAN PLAIN.

What is CHERNOZEM?. black dirt" or "black earth", is a black-colored soil containing a high percentage of humus

Where is the ENGLISH CHANNEL?

What is the CHUNNEL? Chunnel is the short name often used for the Channel Tunnel. The Chunnel runs from Folkestone in the south of England, to Calais in northern France.

Where is the STRAIT of GIBRALTER?

What are FJORDS and where are they? a long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea between high cliffs, as in Norway and Iceland, typically formed by submergence of a glaciated valley.

Identify the climate regions of Europe. Semi AridMarine West CoastSubarctic TundraHighland Mediterranean Humid Continental

What is the NORTH ATLANTIC DRIFT? a powerful warm ocean current that continues the Gulf Stream northeast

What are PREVAILING WESTERLIES? Winds that blow from the west to the east in the middle latitudes between 35 and 65 degrees latitude.

How do the NORTH ATLANTIC DRIFT and the PREVAILING WESTERLIES affect the climate of Europe? They make it WARMER.