Europe’s Latitude v. US

Former Soviet Region Compared in Latitude & Area with the United States

Satellite View of Europe

3,800 square miles

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Continents by Size (sq. km.) Asia44,579,000Africa30,065,000 North America 24,256,000 South America 17,819,000 Antarctica13,209,000 Europe Europe9,938,000 Oceania (incl. Australia) Oceania (incl. Australia) 7,687,000

Europe: A Peninsula of Peninsulas? Europe: A Peninsula of Peninsulas? OROR A Peninsula of Asia?

Europe: An Asian Peninsula?

Northern Peninsulas Jutland Peninsula Scandinavian Peninsula

Southern Peninsulas Iberian Peninsula Italian Peninsula Balkan Peninsula Anatolean Peninsula Crimean Peninsula

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What’s the answer ??

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The Mediterranean Sea: Mare Nostrum e 2,400 miles long & 1,000 miles wide e “Crossroads of 3 Continents” Caesarea on the Israeli coast Strait of Gibraltar & the “Pillars of Hercules”

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The Danube River 1770 miles

The Danube River  Flows through the 12 countries of Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Romania, and the Ukraine. Where Buda & Pest Meet Biking Along the Danube

The Volga River e The longest river in Europe --> 2,300 miles.

The Volga River e The river is so polluted that the sturgeon catch has been decreased by 60%.

Why are most of the capitals of Europe on major rivers??

Capitals on the Rivers (1) Paris, right bank of the Seine London on the Thames Prague on the Vltava Budapest on the Danube

Capitals on the Rivers (2) Berlin on the Spree Moscow on the Moscow River Rome on the Tiber Vienna on the Danube

What’s the answer ??

Answer:Answer: They are Europe’s lifeline!

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The Alps e Cover most of Switzerland, Austria, and parts of Italy and France.

Mt. Blanc in the Alps e Highest mountain in the Alps: 15,771 feet

The Caucasus Mountains e The origin of the word Caucasian.

Transylvania in the Carpathian Mountains e Home of Vlad Tepeš, the Drakul (“Count Dracula”)

Ural Mountains: “The Great Divide” e Divides the European and Asian sections of Russia miles

The Ural Mountains

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The Steppes e 25% of the old Soviet Union’s food supply.

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Germany’s Black Forest

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