1. The Geography
of Europe

2. Europe’s Latitude v. US

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

4. Satellite View of Europe

5. 3,800 square miles

6. R E G I O N S

7. 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

8. Topography

9. Europe: A Peninsula of Peninsulas?OR
A Peninsula of Asia?

10. Europe: An Asian Peninsula?

11. Scandinavian Peninsula
Northern Peninsulas
Scandinavian Peninsula
Jutland Peninsula

12. Southern Peninsulas Crimean Peninsula Iberian Peninsula
Italian Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula
AnatoleanPeninsula

13. P e n i n s u l a s Scandinavian Pen. Jutland Pen. Crimean Pen.
Italian Pen.
Balkan Pen.
Iberian Pen.
Anatolean Pen.
Peloponnesian Pen.

14. What’s the answer ??

15. B o d i e s of W a t e r Arctic Ocean Atlantic Ocean North Sea
Baltic Sea
English Channel
Caspian Sea
Black Sea
Dardanelles Strait
Strait of Gibraltar
Mediterranean Sea

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

17. R i v e r s Volga R. Thames R. Vistula R. Elbe R. Rhine R. Seine R.
Loire R.
Danube R.
Tiber R.

18. The Danube River
1770 miles

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

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

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

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

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

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

25. What’s the answer ??

26. They are Europe’s lifeline!
Answer:
They are Europe’s lifeline!

27. M o u t a i n s & P e a k s Ural Mts. Carpathian Mts. Caucasus Mts.
Alps Mts.
Pyrennes Mts.
Dinaric Alps
Apennines Mts.
Mt. Vesuvius ^
Mt. Olympus ^
Mt. Etna ^

28. Elevation
Urals
Caucasus
Pyrennes
Carpathians
Alps
Apennines

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

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

31. The Caucasus Mountains
The origin of the word Caucasian.

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

33. Ural Mountains: “The Great Divide”
1500 miles
Divides the European and Asian sections of Russia.

34. The Ural Mountains

35. Northern European Plain
Siberian Lowlands
P l a i n s
Northern European Plain
Steppes

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

37. P l a t e a u s
Meseta

38. Northern European Plain
Arctic Ocean
C o m p l e t e d
M a p
Siberian Lowlands
Ural Mts.
Scandinavian Pen.
Atlantic Ocean
Jutland Pen.
Volga R.
North Sea
Baltic Sea
Don R.
Northern European Plain
Thames R.
Elbe R.
Vistula R.
English Channel
Rhine R.
Oder R.
Steppes
Dnieper R.
Seine R.
Carpathian Mts.
Caspian Sea
Loire R.
Caucasus Mts.
Bay of Biscay
Alps Mts.
Crimean Pen.
Danube R.
Po R.
Pyrennes Mts.
Italian Pen.
Dinaric Alps
Balkan Pen.
Black Sea
Tagus R.
Dardanelles Strait
Tiber R.
Apennines Mts.
Iberian Pen.
Adriatic Sea
Mt. Vesuvius ^
Ebro R.
Anatolean Pen.
Tyrrhenian Sea
Mt. Olympus ^
AegeanSea
Strait of Gibraltar
Mt. Etna ^
Peloponnesian Pen.

39. Germany’s Black Forest

40. Germany’s Black Forest

41. L a n d
U s e

42. Agricultural Activity

43. Arrivederci!
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