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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