Europe

Physical CharacteristicsStudy Guide

Find NORWAY.

Find SWITZERLAND.

Find LUXEMBOURG.

Find UKRAINE.

Find FRANCE.

Find SPAIN.

Find GERMANY.

Find UNITED KINGDOM.

Find ITALY.

Find the IBERIAN

PENINSULA.

Find the ITALIAN

PENINSULA.

Find the SCANDINAVIAN

PENINSULA.

Find the JUTLAND

PENINSULA.

Find the BALKAN

PENINSULA.

Find ICELAND.

Find GREAT BRITAIN.

Find SICILY.

Find IRELAND.

Find the ADRIATIC SEA.

Find the AEGEAN SEA.

Find the MEDITERRANEAN

SEA.

Find the BALTIC SEA.

Find the BLACK SEA.

Find the NORTH SEA.

Find the ATLANTIC

OCEAN.

Find the ARCTIC OCEAN.

Find the DANUBE RIVER.

Find the RHINE RIVER.

Find the SEINE RIVER.

Find the ALPS.

Find the PYRENEES.

Find the NORTHERN EUROPEAN

PLAIN.

What is CHERNOZEM?

.black dirt" or "black earth", is a black-colored soil containing a high percentage of humus

Where is the ENGLISH

CHANNEL?

What is the CHUNNEL?

Chunnel is the short name often used for the Channel Tunnel. The Chunnel runs from Folkestone in the south of England, to Calais in northern France.

Where is the STRAIT of

GIBRALTER?

What are FJORDS and

where are they?

a long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea between high cliffs, as in Norway and Iceland, typically formed by submergence of a glaciated valley.

Identify the

climate regions of

Europe.

Semi AridMarine West Coast Subarctic

TundraHighland

MediterraneanHumid Continental

What is the NORTH ATLANTIC

DRIFT?

a powerful warm ocean current that continues the Gulf Stream northeast

What arePREVAILING

WESTERLIES?

Winds that blow from the west to the east in the middle latitudes between 35 and 65 degrees latitude.

How do the NORTH ATLANTIC

DRIFT and the PREVAILING WESTERLIES

affect the climate of Europe?

They make it

WARMER.