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PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF EUROPE
By Jack Garrity
Pgs 278-284
Europe is a peninsula made up of peninsulas of Asia.
Eastern Boundaries of Europe Ural
Mountains Ural river Caspian Sea Caucasus
Mountains Black Sea
Landforms Europe's landscape, created over time by physical
processes, has shaped the lives and settlement patterns of Europeans.
Mountains and Plains Europe is
mostly plains, with older Mountain ranges in North west, and younger Mountain ranges in the South.
Mountains and Plains
The Northern Mountains are old, round and short.
Mountains and Plains
The Northern Mountains are round and short, because of glaciation.
Cheviot Hills England
Glaciation: the process, condition, or result of being covered by glaciers or ice sheets.
glaciación : un periodo de larga duración en el cual baja la temperatura global del clima de la Tierra, dando como resultado una expansión del hielo continental de los casquetes polares y los glaciares.
Mountains and Plains Glaciers ran
over the Northern mountains during the ice age.
Ben Nevis, the tallest mountain in England is only 4,406 feet high.
Mountains and Plains
Mountains and Plains The Southern
ranges have younger taller pointed Mountains.
ALPSPyrenees
Carpathians
Landforms The Southern Mountains were formed
when the African plate ran into the European plate.
Pyrenees
Alps
Mount Blanc stands 15,771 feet tall
Mount Charleston 8,241 ft
Carpathians
A. AB. B
Section 1Which group of European mountains is younger?A.The northwestern mountainsB.Southern Europe’s mountains
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ALPS The Rhine and Po rivers’ sources are in the Alps.
Mountains and Plains The Northern European Plain goes from
Southeastern England and France to Poland, Ukraine, and Russia.
Mountains and Plains The Northern European Plain goes from
Southeastern England and France to Poland, Ukraine, and Russia.
The Northern European Plain is excellent for farming.
Mountains and Plains
The Southern part the best, because of loess.
Mountains and Plains
Loess a yellowish brown soil put by the wind, great for farming.
El loess (del alemán de Suiza lösch, en alemán común: Löss) es un material geológico sedimentario eólico.
The northern part of the European Plain has lots of coal.
Mountains and Plains
Paris and Berlin and other major cities are located on the Plain.
Mountains and Plains
Mountains and Plains The Great Hungarian Plain goes from
Hungary to Serbia and Romania.
Mountains and Plains Farmers grow grains fruits ,vegetables, and
livestock.
Seas, Peninsulas, and Islands
Europe is a peninsula of Asia, sometimes called Eurasia.
Seas, Peninsulas, and Islands The sea coast of Europe touches the Atlantic
Ocean, Baltic, North, Mediterranean, Black, and Caspian Seas.
Seas, Peninsulas, and Islands Most of Europe is within 300 miles of a
seacoast.
Seas, Peninsulas, and Islands In the Netherlands, water can be friend or
foe.
Seas, Peninsulas, and Islands
The Dutch have built dikes since the middle ages, to hold back water.
Dike a bank usually of earth constructed to control water
Dike a bank usually of earth constructed to control water
Seas, Peninsulas, and Islands
The Dutch use dikes and windmills to make more land called polders.
Vocab4polderlow-lying area from which seawater has been drained to create new farmland
A. AB. BC. C
Section 1
Most of Europe lies within how many miles of a seacoast?A.450 milesB.300 milesC. 150 miles
The Land
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The Northern Peninsulas
Jutland Peninsula
Scandinavian Peninsula
The glaciers carved fjords on the northern side of the Scandinavian Peninsula during the ice age.
The Northern Peninsulas Scandinavian Peninsula
fjord (fee•YORD)long, steep-sided glacial valley now filled by seawater
Fjords a long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea between high cliffs .
Also, the glaciers left behind thousands of lakes.
The Northern Peninsulas Scandinavian Peninsula
The Northern Peninsulas
Jutland Peninsula
Scandinavian Peninsula
Has fjords on the east side .
The Northern Peninsulas Jutland Peninsula
Has flat plains in the middle and west side.
The Northern Peninsulas Jutland Peninsula
Southern Peninsulas
Iberian Peninsula
Italian Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula
Separates the Atlantic Ocean from the Mediterranean Sea.
The Southern Peninsulas Iberian Peninsula
Only 20 miles separate it from Africa, The Strait of Gibraltar.
The Southern Peninsulas Iberian Peninsula
Most land is a plateau, ending in the Pyrenees Mountains.
The Southern Peninsulas Iberian Peninsula
Most land is a plateau, ending in the Pyrenees Mountains.
The Southern Peninsulas Iberian Peninsula
The Pyrenees isolate Spain and Portugal from the rest of Europe.
The Southern Peninsulas Iberian Peninsula
Southern Peninsulas
Italian Peninsula
Looks like a giant boot in the Mediterranean Sea.
The Southern Peninsulas Italian Peninsula
Has a variety coast of cliffs and beaches.
The Southern Peninsulas Italian Peninsula
Has a variety coast of cliffs and beaches.
The Southern Peninsulas Italian Peninsula
Has a variety coast of cliffs and beaches.
The Southern Peninsulas Italian Peninsula
The Apennines, young short mountains, run North South.
The Southern Peninsulas Italian Peninsula
The Campanian volcanic arc has several active volcanoes.
The Southern Peninsulas Italian Peninsula
Mount Vesuvius Erupted and destroyed Classical cities like
Pompeii, and still continues to erupt in modern times.
Plains cover 1/3 of the peninsula, the largest along the Po river.
The Southern Peninsulas Italian Peninsula
Southern Peninsulas
Balkan Peninsula
Between the Adriatic and Aegean Seas, it is a tangle of mountains and valleys.
The Southern Peninsulas Balkan Peninsula
Between the Adriatic and Aegean Seas, it is a tangle of mountains and valleys.
The Southern Peninsulas Balkan Peninsula
It is much easier to sail on the sea, rather than travel over mountains in this region.
The Southern Peninsulas Balkan Peninsula
It is much easier to sail on the sea, rather than travel over mountains in this region.
The Southern Peninsulas Balkan Peninsula
It is much easier to sail on the sea, rather than travel over mountains in this region.
The Southern Peninsulas Balkan Peninsula
Closer to the Arctic circle than Europe.
Europe’s Islands Iceland
sits on an underwater volcanic mountain range.
Europe’s Islands Iceland
has volcanoes, glaciers, hot springs and geysers.
Europe’s Islands Iceland
has volcanoes, glaciers, hot springs and geysers.
Europe’s Islands Iceland
has volcanoes, glaciers, hot springs and geysers.
Europe’s Islands Iceland
has volcanoes, glaciers, hot springs and geysers.
Europe’s Islands Iceland
Great Britain and Ireland and thousands of smaller islands.
Europe’s Islands British Isles
The coastlines have cliffs that drop into deep bays.
Europe’s Islands British Isles
Mountains and plateaus make up most of north and west Great Britain.
Europe’s Islands British Isles
The South of Great Britain is low hills and rolling plains.
Europe’s Islands British Isles
Ireland nickname is the Emerald Island.
Europe’s Islands British Isles
Ireland is a cool lush green island with lots of rainfall.
Europe’s Islands British Isles
Ireland.
Europe’s Islands British Isles
Europe’s Islands Mediterranean Islands
Underwater mountains form Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica, Crete and Cyprus.
Europe’s Islands Mediterranean Islands
Sicily
Europe’s Islands Mediterranean Islands
Sardinia
Europe’s Islands Mediterranean Islands
Europe’s Islands Mediterranean Islands
Crete
Europe’s Islands Mediterranean Islands
Cyprus.
Europe’s Islands Mediterranean Islands
Thousands of smaller islands, Greece has 2000.
Europe’s Islands Mediterranean Islands
The rivers of the Scandinavian Peninsula are short, not deep and do not connect cities.
Water Systems
Rivers on the Iberian Peninsula are narrow and too shallow to use ships.
Water Systems
Ships can sail up England’s Thames River to London.
Water Systems
The Rhine and Danube rivers of Central Europe are main shipping routes.
Water Systems
The Rhine and Danube rivers of Central Europe are main shipping routes.
Water Systems
Other major rivers include the Seine, Rhone, and Lorie in France.
Water Systems
the Vistula in PolandWater Systems
the Po in Italy.Water Systems
the Dnieper in Ukraine.Water Systems
A. AB. BC. CD. D
Section 1
A B C D
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Which river is the most important in western Europe?A.ThamesB.RhineC. SeinD.Po
Natural Resources Europe has lots of iron and coal,
especially England and Germany.
Natural Resources The North Sea has oil and natural gas.
Natural Resources France builds lots of nuclear power
plants.
A. AB. B
Section 1Europeans today rely on coal, oil, gas, nuclear and hydroelectric power.A.TrueB.False
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