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The European Peninsula
“Great Circle Route”
European Physical Geography
Peninsulas:1. Balkan - Peloponnese2. Italian - Calabria3. Iberian4. Brittany5. Jutland6. Scandinavia
Island Nations:1. Greenland2. Iceland3. Ireland 4. Great Britain5. Malta6. Cyprus
Water Bodies:1. Bay of Biscay2. North Sea3. Baltic Sea4. Norwegian Sea5. White Sea6. Mediterranean Sea - Adriatic Sea - Tyrrhenian - Ionian - Aegean7. Black Sea - Sea of Marmara
Peninsulas:7. Crimea8. Asia Minor
Water Bodies:8. Caspian Sea
Climates of Europe
Major Climate Regions•Marine West Coast
•Humid Continental
•Mediterranean
•Tundra and ice
•Semiarid/Steppe
•Highland/Alpine
Ocean Currents – Gyres
Terrestrial Environments
• Northwestern Highlands
• North European Plain
• Central or Hercynian Uplands
• Alpine and Mediterranean South
• Fenno-Scandinavian (Baltic) Shield– Fjords of Norway
• Scottish Highlands– Ben Nevis –
1,343 m– Loch Ness
• Pennines• Cambrian Plateau• Plateau of Brittany
Northwestern Highlands
Northern European
Plain
• Massif Central• Jura• Ardennes• Hartz Mountains• Bohemian
Uplands• Sudeten
Mountains
Central / Hercynian Uplands
• Alps – Mt. Blanc (15,781 ft. /
4,810 m) – highest in Western
Europe & the EU• Appennines• Pyrenees• Cantabrian Mountains • Sierra Nevada• Carpathians
– Transylvanian Alps• Balkan Mountains• Dinaric Alps • Caucasus Mountains
– Mt. Elbrus (18,510 ft. / 5,642 m)
– highest in Europe
Alpine and Mediterranean South
DISTRIBUTION OF EARTHQUAKES & VOLCANOES
The Ring of Fire
WORLD TECTONIC PLATES
Europe’s Major Rivers
Environmental Problems
• Deforestation– Classical Civilizations of Mediterranean– Medieval Europe
• Draining of Wetlands– Zuider Zee– Fens
• Pollution from Industrialization– Air - Water - Acid Rain
• Cleanup