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EUROPE

Physical Geography of EuropePhysical Geography of Europe Most of Europe lies within 300 mile of the Most of Europe lies within 300 mile of the

coastcoast How do you think this affects their life?How do you think this affects their life?

Advantages: fish, transportation, Advantages: fish, transportation, hydroelectric powerhydroelectric power Polders – reclaimed land that once was Polders – reclaimed land that once was

underwater, used for farming and underwater, used for farming and settlementsettlement

Disadvantages: floodsDisadvantages: floods Dikes- large banks (like a seawall) of Dikes- large banks (like a seawall) of

earth and stone to hold back waterearth and stone to hold back water

Peninsula of PeninsulasPeninsula of Peninsulas Europe is a large peninsula made up of Europe is a large peninsula made up of

smaller peninsulassmaller peninsulas Define peninsulaDefine peninsula Northern PeninsulasNorthern Peninsulas

ScandinaviaScandinavia Norway, Sweden FinlandNorway, Sweden Finland

JutlandJutland DenmarkDenmark

BalticsBaltics Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, little bit of RussiaEstonia, Latvia, Lithuania, little bit of Russia

Southern PeninsulasSouthern Peninsulas IberianIberian

Spain & PortugalSpain & Portugal Rugged mountains prevented Rugged mountains prevented

migration for centuriesmigration for centuries ApennineApennine

Italy & Vatican CityItaly & Vatican City Active volcano – Mount VesuviusActive volcano – Mount Vesuvius

BalkanBalkan Greece, Albania, & MacedoniaGreece, Albania, & Macedonia Rugged landscape encourages Rugged landscape encourages

water transportationwater transportation

Mountain RegionsMountain Regions The Alps The Alps

Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, France, & AustriaFrance, & Austria

PyreneesPyrenees Spain and FranceSpain and France

ApenninesApennines ItalyItaly

Carpathian Mnts.Carpathian Mnts. Romania, Slovakia, Romania, Slovakia,

Poland, UkrainePoland, Ukraine

Plains RegionsPlains Regions North European PlainNorth European Plain

Includes SE England, W. France, Poland, Includes SE England, W. France, Poland, Ukraine, and part of RussiaUkraine, and part of Russia

Heavily populated area due to:Heavily populated area due to: Rich soilRich soil

Define loessDefine loess

Mineral depositsMineral deposits

Great Hungarian PlainGreat Hungarian Plain AgricultureAgriculture LivestockLivestock

River SystemsRiver Systems Sharp contrasts between river systems Sharp contrasts between river systems

throughout Europethroughout Europe Scandinavia’s rivers are short Scandinavia’s rivers are short Iberia’s rivers are narrowIberia’s rivers are narrow

What is a disadvantage of these characteristics?What is a disadvantage of these characteristics?

The Rhine runs through Switzerland, The Rhine runs through Switzerland, France, & GermanyFrance, & Germany

The Danube runs through Germany, Austria, The Danube runs through Germany, Austria, Hungary, Serbia, Romania, & BulgariaHungary, Serbia, Romania, & Bulgaria What are the advantages of such long rivers?What are the advantages of such long rivers? What river in the USA has this advantage?What river in the USA has this advantage?

Cinque Terre, Italy

Amsterdam, Holland/Netherlands

Peone, France

Seine River - Paris, France

Mont St. Mont St. Michel, FranceMichel, France

The Rhine

The Danube Budapest, Hungary

Monocco- most of it.

Natural ResourcesNatural Resources

The Industrial Revolution in the 18The Industrial Revolution in the 18thth and and 1919thth centuries capitalized on Europe’s centuries capitalized on Europe’s resources.resources. What was the most common source of What was the most common source of

energy utilized at this time?energy utilized at this time? How has this affected the environment?How has this affected the environment?

Areas lacking in mineral resources have Areas lacking in mineral resources have found alternative energy sourcesfound alternative energy sources Peat – vegetable matter burned for fuelPeat – vegetable matter burned for fuel