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Transcript of Europe’s Place In The World North Carolina Geographic Alliance PowerPoint Presentations 2007.
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Europe’s Place In The World
North Carolina Geographic AlliancePowerPoint Presentations 2007
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Location• Extends west from the Eurasian landmass
– Latitude range 35 o and 75 0 North
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Land Area• Europe: 4,065,945 sq. mi.
– (second smallest in area)• United States: 3,787,425 sq. mi.
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Population
• Europe: 709,300,000
(third highest in population)
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Population
United States: 280,000,000
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Population
North Carolina: 8,049,313
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Population
McDowell County: 42,151
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Countries
• Europe has 43 countries• Ukraine: 233,209 sq. mi.• Alaska: 570,374 sq. mi.• North Carolina: 52,672 sq. mi.
• McDowell County: 437 sq. mi.
6 countries in Europe are smaller than McDowell County
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Countries
Varied cultures in Europe• 150 ethnic groups• 50 languages and 100 dialects
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Landforms
A Peninsula of Peninsulas
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Landforms• Mountains in the far north and south
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Landforms
• Plains along the coastal north and interior Russia
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Landforms
• Long irregular coastline; many places are close to the sea
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Bodies of Water• Arctic Ocean – north; Atlantic Ocean –
west; Mediterranean Sea – south
• Many seas, bays, and gulfs indent the coastline
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Arctic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Mediterranean Sea
Europe
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Bodies of Water• Navigable rivers crisscross the continent
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Climate and Vegetation• Arctic tundra - cold in north; compare with
northern Canada
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Climate and Vegetation
• Mediterranean south - mild and sunny; compare with southern California
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Climate and Vegetation
• Evergreen forests in north and in mountains
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Climate and Vegetation
• No large areas of deserts and no tropical regions