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• Explain why Europe is called a Peninsula of Peninsulas

• Identify borders of Europe

• Identify main physical characteristics of Europe

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​Peninsula definition - Peninsula is a piece of land surrounded with water from 3 sides only while one side is connected to the main land.

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Why Europe is called a peninsula of Peninsulas?

​Because Europe itself is one big Peninsula surrounded with water from 3 sides and Eastern part is connected with Asia and because inside Europe we have many bigger and smaller Peninsulas. ​

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​North - The Arctic Ocean

West - The Atlantic Ocean

South - The Mediterranean Sea

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East - Ural mountain, Ural River

Southeast - Caspian Sea, Caucasus Mountains,

South - ​Black Sea​, Bosporus and Dardanelle Staits

​Major European Peninsulas

​Scandinavian - the biggest

Countries: Norway, Sweden​

​Countries: Spain and Portugal

​Countries: Italy, San Marino, Vatican

​Countries located on the Balkan Peninsula are:

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Serbia, Bulgaria, Greece, Albania, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Croatia and Slovenia. ​

​Country located on the Iberian Peninsula is:

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Denmark​

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​- Ural Mountain - border between Europe and Asia

- Pyrenees Mountain - border between France and Spain

- Carpathian Mountains

- Caucasus Mountains - mountain between the Black and the Caspian Sea ​