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1、The Geography & Peoples of Europe,Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY,Europe as a Queen Munster, 1588,Europes Latitude v. US,Former Soviet Region Compared in Latitude & Area with the United States,Satellite View of Europe,3,800 square miles,R E G I O N S,Continents by Size (sq. km.),T
2、opography,Europe: A Peninsula of Peninsulas?,OR,A Peninsula of Asia?,Europe: An Asian Peninsula?,Northern Peninsulas,Jutland Peninsula,Scandinavian Peninsula,Southern Peninsulas,Iberian Peninsula,Italian Peninsula,Balkan Peninsula,AnatoleanPeninsula,Crimean Peninsula,P e n i n s u l a s,Scandinavian
3、 Pen.,Jutland Pen.,Iberian Pen.,Italian Pen.,Balkan Pen.,Anatolean Pen.,Crimean Pen.,Peloponnesian Pen.,Whats the answer ?,B o d i e s of W a t e r,Mediterranean Sea,North Sea,Atlantic Ocean,Baltic Sea,Black Sea,AegeanSea,Adriatic Sea,Tyrrhenian Sea,Bay of Biscay,Strait of Gibraltar,Dardanelles Stra
4、it,Arctic Ocean,English Channel,Caspian Sea,The Mediterranean Sea: Mare Nostrum,2,400 miles long & 1,000 miles wide“Crossroads of 3 Continents”,Caesarea on the Israeli coast,Strait of Gibraltar & the “Pillars of Hercules”,R i v e r s,Danube R.,Seine R.,Rhine R.,Loire R.,Po R.,Tiber R.,Tagus R.,Thame
5、s R.,Elbe R.,Oder R.,Vistula R.,Dnieper R.,Volga R.,Don R.,Ebro R.,The Danube River,1770 miles,The Danube River,Flows through the 12 countries of Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Romania, and the Ukraine.,Where Buda & Pest Meet,Biking
6、Along the Danube,The Volga River,The longest river in Europe 2,300 miles.,The Volga River,The river is so polluted that the sturgeon catch has been decreased by 60%.,Why are most of the capitals of Europe on major rivers?,Capitals on the Rivers (1),Paris, right bank of the Seine,London on the Thames
7、,Prague on the Vltava,Budapest on the Danube,Capitals on the Rivers (2),Berlin on the Spree,Moscow on the Moscow River,Rome on the Tiber,Vienna on the Danube,Whats the answer ?,Answer:,They are Europes lifeline!,M o u t a i n s & P e a k s,Alps Mts.,Pyrennes Mts.,Apennines Mts.,Dinaric Alps,Carpathi
8、an Mts.,Caucasus Mts.,Ural Mts.,Mt. Etna ,Mt. Vesuvius ,Mt. Olympus ,Elevation,Alps,Carpathians,Caucasus,Urals,Pyrennes,Apennines,The Alps,Cover most of Switzerland, Austria, and parts of Italy and France.,Mt. Blanc in the Alps,Highest mountain in the Alps: 15,771 feet,The Caucasus Mountains,The ori
9、gin of the word Caucasian.,Transylvania in the Carpathian Mountains,Home of Vlad Tepe, the Drakul (“Count Dracula”),Ural Mountains: “The Great Divide”,Divides the European and Asian sections of Russia.,1500 miles,The Ural Mountains,P l a i n s,Northern European Plain,Steppes,Siberian Lowlands,The BE
10、NELUX Countries,Belgium Netherlands Luxembourg,Hollands Dikes,Amsterdams Canals,The Netherlands: The “Dagger” Pointing at the Heart of Britain!,P l a t e a u s,Meseta,C o m p l e t e d M a p,North Sea,Atlantic Ocean,Baltic Sea,Black Sea,AegeanSea,Adriatic Sea,Tyrrhenian Sea,Bay of Biscay,Strait of G
11、ibraltar,Dardanelles Strait,Arctic Ocean,English Channel,Caspian Sea,Danube R.,Seine R.,Rhine R.,Loire R.,Po R.,Tiber R.,Tagus R.,Thames R.,Elbe R.,Oder R.,Vistula R.,Dnieper R.,Volga R.,Don R.,Ebro R.,Alps Mts.,Pyrennes Mts.,Apennines Mts.,Dinaric Alps,Carpathian Mts.,Caucasus Mts.,Ural Mts.,Mt. Et
12、na ,Mt. Vesuvius ,Mt. Olympus ,Siberian Lowlands,Northern European Plain,Steppes,Scandinavian Pen.,Jutland Pen.,Iberian Pen.,Crimean Pen.,Balkan Pen.,Anatolean Pen.,Peloponnesian Pen.,Italian Pen.,10,000 BCE Ice Age,Norwegian Fjords,Glaciers cut deep valleys in the ocean during the Ice Age.,Earthqua
13、ke Zones,Reykjavik, Iceland: “The Youngest Oldest Country”,VolcanoesHot SpringsGeysers,Mediterranean Islands,Generally rugged & mountainous.Mediterranean Sea so polluted (will take 1000 years to clean up).,Sardinia,Cyprus,Malta,Mt. Etna, Sicily,An active volcano,Mt. Vesuvius, Italy,1944 eruption,Pom
14、peii, 79 CE,Herculaneum, 79 CE,Eastern Europe,Eastern Europe,Russias 10 Time Zones,Siberia Permafrost,Average temperatures of January vary from 0 to -50C, and in July from 1 to 25C 150,000,000 population.,A former “gulag” Soviet prison camp.,Lake Baikal, Siberia,The oldest and deepest lake in the wo
15、rld.20% of the worlds total unfrozen water supply.,Trans-Siberian Railroad,Completed in 1905.,Trans-Siberian Railroad,The main line runs 5,785 miles.,Climate,Europes Latitude v. US,Climate,Average Annual Precipitation,Vegetation,Europes Natural Regions,The North European Plain,The Northern European Plain An Invasion Route into Asia (& Vice Versa?),Steppes: “Soviet” Breadbasket,The Steppes,25% of the old Soviet Unions food supply.,Major Regional Divisions of the Former U. S. S. R.,Chernozen Soil,Germanys Black Forest,Germanys Black Forest,Tundra: The Not-So-Barren Land Below the Arctic Circle,
