1. Introduction Video to Physical Geography of Europe
Intro. Vid. Link. 5 min.

2. 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________

3. 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.

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

5. This shows parts below sea level and just above in green.
Click on link for history link:

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

7. Jutland Penisula/ Denmark/ Danes

8. Norway and Sweden Sc. Penn.

9. Ice age ended…

10. …about 10,000 years ago

11. Fjords!!

12. Location!

13. Fjords

14. Fjords

15. 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

16. Video links section 1
BBC Fjords Home video of Polder Hong Kong’s new airport addition End section 1

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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!

20. 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

21. Forests
Coniferous
Coniferous

22. Forests
Deciduous
Other…

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

24. 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?

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

26. 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

27. Avalanches An avalanche is a sudden rapid flow of snow down a slope.
Video Link:
How fast are they?
Up to 200 MPH!

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

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

30. Grasslands