9.1 Physical Patterns of Europe

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Before We get Started… (don’t write this slide)

 Because some people didn’t know where South America was
at the end of the South America unit…

…and some people didn’t know where North America is….

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Europe

North America

South

America

Africa

Australia

Asia

Antarctica

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Mountains

 Several mountain ranges run through Europe including

 Alps – north of Italy

 The Ural Mtns – border between Europe and Asia

 The Caucuses – where we get the word “Caucasian”

 Pyrenees Mtns – border between France, Spain

 Mountains did create barriers but many are passable (can
be travelled through).

 Many countries have very rugged terrain like Spain,
Greece, and Turkey.

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Major Landforms

 Europe is a peninsula full of peninsulas.

 Iberian – Spain and Portugal

 Scandinavian – Norway, Sweden

 Balkans – Greece

 Apennine – Italy

 British Isles

 England, Wales, Ireland, Scotland, and smaller islands.

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So what is “The United Kingdom”?

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Bodies of Water

 There are a lot of seas in Europe

 Mediterranean Sea –Europe’s southern border

 North Sea – between UK and mainland

 Baltic Sea

 Black Sea – connect Russia to warm water ports

 Major Rivers include:

 Thames – London, UK

 Volga – Moscow, Russia

 Rhine – Germany and 5 other countries

 Seine – Paris France

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Europe’s Climate

 Europe is on the same latitude as northern
Canada BUT has a much warmer climate.

 Due to warm winds/water sent to Europe
by the

Gulf Stream

and

North Atlantic

Drift.

– ocean current that pushes warm
water towards Europe.

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North European Plain

became “bread
basket” of Europe.