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The Alps
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The Alps• Located in south central Europe• Extends almost 700 miles in a crescent shape• Stretch from Austria and Slovenia in the east
through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and Germany to France in the west
• Covers about 80,000 square miles (the size of Pennsylvania and Ohio together)
• The highest point is Mont Blanc at 15,771 ft. Means “ White Mountain” Border of France and Italy
• The Matterhorn is another famous peak 14,692 feet
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The Alps
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The Alps
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Mont Blanc
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Matterhorn
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• Forms a natural barrier between Spain and France
•Extends for about 270 miles from the Bay of Biscay to the Mediterranean Sea
The highest point is Pico de Aneto at 11,168 ft. (3,404m)
One of the smallest countries is located here
Andorra
The Pyrenees Mountains
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THE PYRENEES MOUNTAIN
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THE PYRENEES MOUNTAIN
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The Carpathian Mountains
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You will learn more about me later this year.
The Carpathian Mountains
• Stretches in a wide crescent-shaped arc across Central and Eastern Europe 930 miles in length Found in the Czech
Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Romania, Ukraine, Hungary, and Serbia
• The highest point is GerlachovskýStít in Slovakia 8,711 feet above sea level
• Home of Vlad Tepes
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The Carpathian Mountains
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The Carpathian Mountains
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Ural Mountains seen from space.
URAL MOUNTAINS
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Ural Mountains
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• Natural barrier that separates European Russia and Asian Russia
•Extends north to south for about 1,500 miles
•Considered some of the oldest mountains in the world
erosion has worn down these mountains
Some peaks are basically hills
•Most peaks range in elevation 3,000-4,000 feet
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Mount Narodnaya, the highest peak of the Ural Mountains
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URAL MOUNTAINS
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Located on the southwestern tip of the European continent, the Iberian Peninsula, includes the countries of Andorra, Portugal and Spain, and the British Crown colony of Gibraltar.
At its narrowest point, Europe and Africa are only five miles apart.
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• At the nearest point of the Iberian Peninsula, it is only about five miles to
Africa.
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Balkan Peninsula
Surrounded by the
Adriatic Sea,
Aegean Sea,
Mediterranean
Sea, and the Black
Sea, the Balkan
Peninsula is an
extremely
mountainous
region.
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Balkan Peninsula
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Scandinavian Peninsula
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• Consists of Norway, Sweden , and small part of northern Finland
•1,150 miles in length and covers about290,000 square miles
• Very mountainous region
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Separating Norway and Sweden, the Scandinavian Mountains (known as the Kjolen Mountains in Sweden) are low level mountains.
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•Begins in the Alps of Switzerland and flows to the North Sea
•Flows about 820 miles
• Major river of Western Europe
Has been since the time of Roman Empire
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•Begins in the Black Forest region of Germany and travels to the Black Sea
•The second longest river in Europe and the major river in Eastern Europe
•Flows for 1,770 miles through Germany , Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, and Ukraine
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•The longest river in Europe
2,300 miles in lengthBegins northwest of
Moscow and flows into the Caspian Sea
•Parts are not navigable during the winter
•Very important in Russian culture
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