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

15. R i v e r s Volga R. Don R. Thames R. Vistula R. Elbe R. Rhine R.
Oder R.
Dnieper R.
Seine R.
Loire R.
Danube R.
Po R.
Tagus R.
Tiber R.
Ebro R.

16. The Danube River
1770 miles

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

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

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

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

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

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

23. 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 ^

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

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

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

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

28. The Ural Mountains