UNIT 3: GEOGRAPHY OF EUROPE

UNIT 6 (book)

HOW MANY CONTINENTS?

North America

South America

Antarctica

Australia

Asia

Africa

Europe

WHERE IS EUROPE?

Northern Hemisphere?

Southern Hemisphere?

EQUATOR

WHICH BODIES OF WATER?

Artic ocean

Atlantic ocean

Pacific ocean

Indic ocean

Pacific ocean

Antarctic ocean

CURRENTLY 200 MILLION YEARS AGO THERE WAS ONLY A CONTINENT CALLED …PANGEA

EUROPE-ASIA• Europe BORDERS Asia to the East and Africa to the South• Turkey and Russia are shared between both continents

LARGEST COUNTRIES:-Russia-Ukraine-France-Spain

SMALLEST COUNTRY:-Vatican City

TALKING ABOUT AREA…..

TALKING ABOUT POPULATION…..

MOST POPULATED:-Russia-Germany-United Kingdom-France

LEAST POPULATED:-Vatican City-San Marino-Monaco

UNIT VOCABULARY

• An area of land that is controlled by its own government

•Continent•Europe•Capital City•Peninsula•Country •Citizen•Border•Flow into•Source of river•Course of a river•Mouth of a river•Watershed•Body of water•Water flow•Landform/relief

•The second smallest continent, it is located in the northern hemisphere and border Africa to the south and Asia to the west.

•The line that divides two territories

•The most important city in a country or territory

• A person who lives in a place and has the rights and responsibilities of that place

• It’s a piece of land surrounded by water except for one part

•Piece of water such as oceans, lakes...

• It’s the amount of water carried by a river

• Body of water where some rivers flow into (Atlantic, Mediterranean...)

•The end of a river.•Tajo river flows into (finishes) Atlantic Ocean.•It’s the path of a river from its source to its mouth.•The beginning of a river.

• Any natural feature of the earth's surface, such as valleys and mountains

• It’s a huge landmass commonly separated from other continents by water

EUROPEAN POLITICAL MAP 50 COUNTRIES AND 730 MILLION

PEOPLE

EUROPEAN flags

1. SWEDEN

2. ITALY

3. TURKEY

4. FRANCE

5. FINLAND

6. PORTUGAL

7. UNITED KINGDOM

8. SWITZERLAND

9. DENMARK

10. SPAIN

11.GERMANY

12. IRELAND

13. RUSSIA

14. GREECE15. CROATIA

STRAITS AND CHANNELS

English Channel/Canal de

la Mancha

Strait of Gibraltar

Strait of Bosphorus/Bósforo

SEAS AND OCEANS

ATLANTIC OCEAN

Mediterranean Sea

Adriatic Sea/Mar Adriático

North Sea

Black Sea

Caspian Sea

Baltic Sea/Mar Báltico

Norwegian Sea

Aegean Sea/Mar EgeoIonian Sea/Mar Jónico

White Sea/Mar Blanco

EUROPEAN PENINSULAS

IBERIAN PENINSULA

SCANDINAVIAN PENINSULA

ITALIAN PENINSULA

BALKAN PENINSULA

CRIMEA PENINSULA

LAPLAND (LAPONIA)

PELOPONNESE PENINSULA (península del Peloponeso)

EUROPEAN PHYSICAL MAP: MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS

EUROPEAN LANDFORMS

HIGH MOUNTAINS (Young Mountains)

(central-south Europe)

PYRENEES

ALPS

APENNINESBALKAN Mountains (Balcanes)

CARPATHIAN Mountains (Cárpatos)

CAUCASUS Mountain (Cáucaso)

THE URAL Mountains (Montes Urales)

OLD MOUNTAINS (north Europe)

SCANDINAVIAN Mountains (Montes Escandinavos)

HIGHLANDS

HIGHEST MOUNTAINS

Elbrús (5.642 m) Russia•Mont Blanc (4.810 m) (France, Italy)

•Cervino (4.478 m) (Italy, Switzerland)

• Mul

hacé

n (3

.479

m) (

Spa

in)

THE GREAT EUROPEAN PLAIN (from the west (Atlantic Ocean) to the east (The Ural Mountains))

EUROPEAN LANDFORMS

EUROPEAN RIVERSATLANTIC WATERHED: (RIVERS THAT FLOW INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN)

SEINE (SENA)

GUADALQUIVIR

LOIRE (LOIRA)

DUERO

TAJO

RHINE (RIN)

ELBE (ELBA)

ODER

VÍSTULA

THAMES (TÁMESIS)

ATLANTIC WATERHED: THEY ARE SHORT WITH A HIGH VOLUME OF WATER

EUROPEAN RIVERSMEDITERRANEAN WATERHED: (RIVERS THAT FLOW INTO THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA)

EBRO PO

TIBER

RHÔNE (RÓDANO)

MEDITERRANEAN WATERHED: (THEY ARE SHORT WITH AN IRREGULAR FLOW)

EUROPEAN RIVERSBLACK SEA WATERHED: (RIVERS THAT FLOW INTO THE BLACK SEA)

DANUBE (DANUBIO)

DON

DNIESTER

DNIEPER

BLACK SEA WATERHED: THEY ARE LONG AND REGULAR

EUROPEAN RIVERSURAL

VOLGA

CASPIAN SEA WATERHED: THEY ARE LONG AND REGULAR

CASPIAN SEA WATERHED: (RIVERS THAT FLOW INTO THE CASPIAN SEA)

VOLGA RIVER (3.531 KM)

DANUBE RIVER (2.860 KM)

URAL RIVER (2.428 KM)

DNIEPER RIVER (2.201 KM)

RHINE RIVER (1360 KM)

TAJO RIVER (1000 KM)

LONGEST RIVERS

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