Physical Geography of Europe including the basics of mountanious regions, flat regions, coasts (gulfs, peninsulas, islands), main rivers and climates of Europe.

1. Unit 11
Physical geography of
Europe

2. R
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3. Continents by Size (sq. km.)
Asia 44,579,000
Africa 30,065,000
North America 24,256,000
South America 17,819,000
Antarctica 13,209,000
Europe 9,938,000
Oceania (incl.
7,687,000
Australia)

5. Physical Map of Europe

6. In the North: Grampian Mountains, Scandinavian
Mountains, Ural Mountains.
Mountanious regions
In the South:
Pyrenees, Alps, Apennines, Carpathians, Balkan
Mountains, Caucasus.
Flat regions In the central area: The Great European Plain
Relief
Peninsulas:
Iberian, Italian, Balkan, Crimean, Jutland, Scandina
vian
Coasts Gulfs: Bothnia, Biscay, Lion, Genoa
Islands: Atlantic: Iceland, British
Isles, Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands.
Mediterranean: Balearic
Islands, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Malta, Crete, Cyp
rus.

7. Mountanious regions in the North
Grampian
Scandinavian Urals
Mountains
Mountains

8. Mountainous regions in the South
Pyrenees Alps Apennines
Carpathians Caucasus
Balkan Mtns.

9. The Great European Plain
• Largest mountain-free landform in
Europe
• Stretches from the Pyrenees in the
west to the Ural Mountains in the
east
• Extends 2,000 miles
• Successful agricultural area

10. European Plain

12. Peninsulas
Scandinavian Peninsula
Jutland
Crimean
Peninsula
Iberian
Italian
Peninsula
Peninsula Balkan
Peninsula

13. Main gulfs and bays
Bay of
Biscay
Gulf of Bothnia
Gulf of Genoa
Gulf of Lion

14. Atlantic islands

15. Atlantic islands
Iceland
Azores islands
Madeira Islands
British Isles
Canary Islands

16. Mediterranean islands

17. Mediterranean islands
Balearic islands Malta
Corsica Sardinia
Sicily Cyprus Crete

18. Hydrography Arctic Ocean Pechora, Northern Dvina
Atlantic Ocean Elbe, Rhine, Seine, Loire
Mediterranean Ebro, Rhone, Tiber, Po
Sea
Dnieper, Dniester, Don, Danub
Black Sea e
Caspian Sea Volga

19. The European river basins
Po
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Arctic
Caspian

20. Arctic Ocean river basin
Northern Dvina in Arkhangelsk
Pechora in Northwestern
(Russia)
Russia

21. Atlantic Ocean river basin
Elbe river in Dresden (Germany) Rhine river in Basel
(Germany)
Loire river in
Seine river in Paris (France) Saumur (France)

22. Mediterranean Sea river basin
Ebro river in La Rioja (Spain)
Rhone river in Avignon (France)
Tiber river in Rome (Italy)
Po river in Turin (Italy)

23. Black Sea river basin
Don river in Yenets
(Russia)
Dniester river in Vadul-lui-Voda (Moldova)
Danube river in Budapest
(Hungary) Dnieper river in Kiev
(Ukraine)

24. Caspian Sea river basin
The Volga river at different landmarks in Russia

25. Oceanic /
Atlantic
Polar
Continental
Climates
Mountain
Mediterranean
Subtropical

26. Climates