CHAPTER 12 PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF EUROPE
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CHAPTER 12PHYSICAL
GEOGRAPHY OF EUROPE
PENINSULAS AND ISLANDS
EUROPE IS A CONTINENT OF PENINSULAS: SCANDINAVIAN-Norway,Sweden,Finland
JUTLAND-Denmark
IBERIAN-Spain, Portugal
ITALIAN-Italy
BALKAN-Greece, Albania, and former Yugoslavia
ISLANDS
BRITISH ISLES: Great Britain, Ireland GREENLAND: Controlled by Denmark MEDITERRANEAN ISLANDS:
Balearic Islands: Spain Corsica: France Sardinia and Sicily: Italy Crete: Greece Cyprus
How have these physical landforms affected the development of Europe?
Peninsulas and islands gave many countries access to the sea and trade routes.
Peninsulas provided excellent harbors for ships and shipbuilding, allowing nagivation and exploration.
MOUNTAINS AND UPLANDS MOUNTAIN CHAINS
INCLUDE Kjolen in Scandinavia Alps in northern Italy Apennines in Italy Pyrenees in northern
Spain
Balkans in the former Yugoslavia
Pindus in Greece
UPLANDS SEVERAL
UPLANDS, INCLUDING THE
MESETA IN SPAIN MASSIF
CENTRAL IN FRANCE
SCOTTISH UPLANDS
RIVERSTWO MAJOR RIVERS, THE DANUBE AND THE RHINE
RIVERS HELPED CONNECT EUROPEANS TO THE REST OF THE WORLD
MOST RIVERS ARE LARGE ENOUGH FOR SHIP TRAVEL
RIVERS HELPED THE MOVEMENT OF IDEAS, GOODS, AND PEOPLE
FERTILE PLAINSThe Northern European Plain
stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Ural Mountains
in Russia.HOW DID THE EUROPEAN PLAIN
HELP THE DEVELOPMENT OF EUROPE?
RESOURCES LOOK ON PAGE 276 OF YOUR BOOK.
WHERE ARE MAJOR PETROLEUM DEPOSITS? WHICH COUNTRY HAS RELATIVELY FEW
NATURAL RESOURCES?
AGRICULTURE: ONE THIRD OF LAND IS USED FOR AGRICULTURE
TIMBER IS CUT FROM FORESTS IN SCANDINAVIA
PEAT IS HARVESTED FROM BOGS IN THE BRITISH ISLES.
CLIMATE AND VEGETATION
MILDER CLIMATE North Atlantic Drift, a warm current to the
west
Prevailing westerlies are winds that carry the warmer air from the North Atlantic
Drift
HARSHER CLIMATES INLAND
THE MEDITERRANEAN THE MISTRAL IS A THE COLD AND DRY WIND IN THE
WINTER THE SIROCCO IS THE HOT SOUTH WIND THAT
BLOWS FROM AFRICA IN THE SUMMER
LAND OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN BECAUSE SOME OF
SCANDINAVIA IS ABOVE THE ARCTIC
CIRCLE, WINTER DAYS ARE VERY
SHORT AND SUMMER NIGHTS ARE VERY LONG
LOOK ON PAGE 280. WOULD YOU LIKE TO
STAY IN THE ICE HOTEL?
Now, let's get to a few of the many guest rooms, each custom-designed and one more spectacular than the next. The beds -- yes, this is a real hotel -- are mounted on a large block of ice and covered with reindeer skins. Atop the deer skins, you sleep in a sleeping bag ; hopefully, you are covered in long underwear with lots of layers of pajamas. Although it may be -30° outside, it's never less than -8° inside the hotel, so don't worry too much.Guests are awakened early with a glass of hot lingonberry juice. Then a breakfast buffet and morning sauna. Don't be surprised if you're out by 10:00 A.M. and can't return to your lodging before 6:00 P.M. During the day, the IceHotel functions as a museum. For those of you who can't tolerate the cold, there are lodgings very nearby that are heated.
SCENES FROM THE ICEHOTEL, SWEDEN