1. Physical Geography of Europe: The Peninsula of Peninsulas
Chapter 12 Notes
Physical Geography of Europe:
The Peninsula of Peninsulas

2. Section 1: Landforms & Resources
“Peninsula of Peninsulas”- Europe is a large peninsula of Asia, plus there are many peninsulas jutting out from it also.

3. Section 1: Landforms & Resources
Fjords- U-shaped valleys that connect to the sea, & filled with seawater after glaciers melted.
Created by glaciers
Common in Norway
Flying

4. Section 1: Landforms & Resources
Northern Peninsulas-
Scandinavian Peninsula
Sweden & Norway
Jutland Peninsula
Denmark

5. Section 1: Landforms & Resources
Southern Peninsulas-
Iberian Peninsula-
Spain & Portugal
Italian Peninsula-
Italy
Balkan Peninsula-
Greece, Serbia…

6. Section 1: Landforms & Resources
DON’T WRITE
European Islands- Iceland, Greenland, Ireland, Great Britain, Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica, Ibiza, & Crete

7. Section 1: Landforms & Resources
DON’T WRITE
Mountain Chains of Europe-
Alps, Pyrenees, Apennine, & Balkan Mountains

8. Section 1: Landforms & Resources
Uplands- are hills or low mts.
Massif Central- uplands of France

9. Seine River
Danube River
Rhine River

10. Section 1: Landforms & Resources
Peat- partially decayed plant matter, found in bogs, and used as fuel
(Few Trees)
Non-renewable (1mm per year)

11. Section 2: Climate & Vegetation
North Atlantic Drift- current of warm water from the tropics
Prevailing westerlies pick up warmth from this and helps give Europe a mild climate

12. Section 2: Climate & Vegetation
Ice Hotel in Northern Sweden
Video

13. Section 3: Human-Environment Interaction
Dikes- earthen banks
Polder- land that is reclaimed from the sea by diking and draining the water.
40% of the Netherlands (Holland) was once underwater
Windmills are a familiar site here

14. Section 3: Human-Environment Interaction
Don’t Write
Acid Rain in Europe- has been happening since the industrial revolution in the 1700’s

15. Section 3: Human-Environment Interaction
Don’t Write
Venice-
Weight of the buildings is causing the city to slowly sink
Global Warming?