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Physical Geography of EuropePhysical Geography of Europe Most of Europe lies within 300 mile of the Most of Europe lies within 300 mile of the
coastcoast How do you think this affects their life?How do you think this affects their life?
Advantages: fish, transportation, Advantages: fish, transportation, hydroelectric powerhydroelectric power Polders – reclaimed land that once was Polders – reclaimed land that once was
underwater, used for farming and underwater, used for farming and settlementsettlement
Disadvantages: floodsDisadvantages: floods Dikes- large banks (like a seawall) of Dikes- large banks (like a seawall) of
earth and stone to hold back waterearth and stone to hold back water
Peninsula of PeninsulasPeninsula of Peninsulas Europe is a large peninsula made up of Europe is a large peninsula made up of
smaller peninsulassmaller peninsulas Define peninsulaDefine peninsula Northern PeninsulasNorthern Peninsulas
ScandinaviaScandinavia Norway, Sweden FinlandNorway, Sweden Finland
JutlandJutland DenmarkDenmark
BalticsBaltics Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, little bit of RussiaEstonia, Latvia, Lithuania, little bit of Russia
Southern PeninsulasSouthern Peninsulas IberianIberian
Spain & PortugalSpain & Portugal Rugged mountains prevented Rugged mountains prevented
migration for centuriesmigration for centuries ApennineApennine
Italy & Vatican CityItaly & Vatican City Active volcano – Mount VesuviusActive volcano – Mount Vesuvius
BalkanBalkan Greece, Albania, & MacedoniaGreece, Albania, & Macedonia Rugged landscape encourages Rugged landscape encourages
water transportationwater transportation
Mountain RegionsMountain Regions The Alps The Alps
Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, France, & AustriaFrance, & Austria
PyreneesPyrenees Spain and FranceSpain and France
ApenninesApennines ItalyItaly
Carpathian Mnts.Carpathian Mnts. Romania, Slovakia, Romania, Slovakia,
Poland, UkrainePoland, Ukraine
Plains RegionsPlains Regions North European PlainNorth European Plain
Includes SE England, W. France, Poland, Includes SE England, W. France, Poland, Ukraine, and part of RussiaUkraine, and part of Russia
Heavily populated area due to:Heavily populated area due to: Rich soilRich soil
Define loessDefine loess
Mineral depositsMineral deposits
Great Hungarian PlainGreat Hungarian Plain AgricultureAgriculture LivestockLivestock
River SystemsRiver Systems Sharp contrasts between river systems Sharp contrasts between river systems
throughout Europethroughout Europe Scandinavia’s rivers are short Scandinavia’s rivers are short Iberia’s rivers are narrowIberia’s rivers are narrow
What is a disadvantage of these characteristics?What is a disadvantage of these characteristics?
The Rhine runs through Switzerland, The Rhine runs through Switzerland, France, & GermanyFrance, & Germany
The Danube runs through Germany, Austria, The Danube runs through Germany, Austria, Hungary, Serbia, Romania, & BulgariaHungary, Serbia, Romania, & Bulgaria What are the advantages of such long rivers?What are the advantages of such long rivers? What river in the USA has this advantage?What river in the USA has this advantage?
Cinque Terre, Italy
Amsterdam, Holland/Netherlands
Peone, France
Seine River - Paris, France
Mont St. Mont St. Michel, FranceMichel, France
The Rhine
The Danube Budapest, Hungary
Monocco- most of it.
Natural ResourcesNatural Resources
The Industrial Revolution in the 18The Industrial Revolution in the 18thth and and 1919thth centuries capitalized on Europe’s centuries capitalized on Europe’s resources.resources. What was the most common source of What was the most common source of
energy utilized at this time?energy utilized at this time? How has this affected the environment?How has this affected the environment?
Areas lacking in mineral resources have Areas lacking in mineral resources have found alternative energy sourcesfound alternative energy sources Peat – vegetable matter burned for fuelPeat – vegetable matter burned for fuel