europe physical map

1ºESO IES Camilo José Cela

Teacher: Rocío Bautista

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS: Located between...:

North: Arctic Ocean

West: Atlantic Ocean

South: Africa

East: Asia

Separated from Asia by: Ural Mts, Caspian Sea and Black Sea.

Separated from Africa by: Mediterranean Sea and Strait of

Gibraltar.

Fifth largest continent (10.4 million km2).

EUROPEAN RELIEF: LOW average altitude = 340m

It has diverse landforms:

PLAINS: Great European Plain.

PLATEAUS & OLD MASSIFS:

- Plateaus: in the Iberian & Scandinavian Peninsulas.

- Old massifs: Scandinavian Mts., French Massif Central, Ural Mts.

YOUNG MOUNTAIN RANGES: Pyrenees, Alps, Apennines,

Carpathians, Caucasus.

Highest peak in Europe Mt. Elbrus (in the Caucasus)

EUROPEAN COASTS: They are very irregular (full of features):

PENINSULAS: Jutland, Iberian, Italian, Balkan.

GULFS: Finland, Biscay, Genoa.

ISLANDS: Iceland, Ireland, Great Britain, Balearic

Islands, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Malta, Cyprus...

EUROPEAN WATERS: LAKES:

◦ Many lakes in Sweden and Finland.

◦ Biggest lakes in Russia (Onega & Ladoga).

◦ Also important lakes in Central Europe (Leman & Constance).

RIVERS: many rivers; different characteristics:

ARCTIC OCEAN ATLANTIC

OCEAN

MEDITERRANEAN

SEA

CONTINENTAL

RIVERS

CH

AR

AC

TE

RIS

TIC

S

Long

Strong & irregular

flow (frozen in winter;

more water in spring

due to the thaw)

Long

Strong &

regular flow.

Navigable

Short

Weak & irregular

flow.

Long

Strong & regular

flow.

Navigable

EX

AM

PL

ES

Pechora Loire, Seine,

Rhine, Elbe…

Ebro, Rhone,

Po…

ej: Danube (Black

Sea), Volga & Ural

(Caspian sea)

RELIEF FEATURES

PLAINS

MOUNTAIN RANGES

PEAKS

Mont

Blanc

Etna

Elbrus

COASTAL FEATURES

PENINSULAS

Mont

Blanc

Etna

Elbrus

Jutland

Pen.

Kola

Pen.

GULFS/BAYS

Mont

Blanc

Etna

Elbrus

Jutland

Pen.

Kola

Pen.

CAPES

Mont

Blanc

Etna

Elbrus

Jutland

Pen.

Kola

Pen.

ISLANDS

Mont

Blanc

Etna

Elbrus

Jutland

Pen.

Kola

Pen.

BRITISH ISLES

Ireland Great

Britain

32.

32. Balearic Islands

33 Corsica

34. Sardinia

35. Sicily

36. Malta

37. Crete

38. Cyprus

33.

34.

35.

36. 37.

38.

STRAITS

Mont

Blanc

Etna

Elbrus

Jutland

Pen.

Kola

Pen.

BRITISH ISLES

Ireland Great

Britain

32.

33.

34.

35.

36. 37.

38.

Strait of Gibraltar

42.

41. Dardanelles Strait

42. Bosphorus Strait

32. Balearic Islands

33 Corsica

34. Sardinia

35. Sicily

36. Malta

37. Crete

38. Cyprus

41.

EUROPEAN WATERS

OCEANS

Mont

Blanc

Etna

Elbrus

Jutland

Pen.

Kola

Pen.

BRITISH ISLES

Ireland Great

Britain

32.

33.

34.

35.

36. 37.

38.

Strait of Gibraltar

42.

41. Dardanelles Strait

42. Bosphorus Strait

32. Balearic Islands

33 Corsica

34. Sardinia

35. Sicily

36. Malta

37. Crete

38. Cyprus

41.

A R C T I C O C E A N

SEAS

Mont

Blanc

Etna

Elbrus

Jutland

Pen.

Kola

Pen.

BRITISH ISLES

Ireland Great

Britain

32.

33.

34.

35.

36. 37.

38.

Strait of Gibraltar

42.

41. Dardanelles Strait

42. Bosphorus Strait

32. Balearic Islands

33 Corsica

34. Sardinia

35. Sicily

36. Malta

37. Crete

38. Cyprus

41.

A R C T I C O C E A N

Ionian

Sea

SUBDIVISION OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA

RIVERS

Mont

Blanc

Etna

Elbrus

Jutland

Pen.

Kola

Pen.

BRITISH ISLES

Ireland Great

Britain

32.

33.

34.

35.

36. 37.

38.

Strait of Gibraltar

42.

41. Dardanelles Strait

42. Bosphorus Strait

32. Balearic Islands

33 Corsica

34. Sardinia

35. Sicily

36. Malta

37. Crete

38. Cyprus

41.

A R C T I C O C E A N

Ionian

Sea

LAKES

Mont

Blanc

Etna

Elbrus

Jutland

Pen.

Kola

Pen.

BRITISH ISLES

Ireland Great

Britain

32.

33.

34.

35.

36. 37.

38.

Strait of Gibraltar

42.

41. Dardanelles Strait

42. Bosphorus Strait

32. Balearic Islands

33 Corsica

34. Sardinia

35. Sicily

36. Malta

37. Crete

38. Cyprus

41.

A R C T I C O C E A N

Ionian

Sea