Eastern Europe geography

Estonia - Tallinn
Latvia - Riga
Lithuania
Belarus - Minsk
Poland - Warsaw
Czech Republic - Prague
Slovakia
Hungary - Budapest
Slovenia
Croatia - Zagreb
Bosnia and Herzegovina - Sarejevo
Serbia - Belgrade
Montenegro
Kosovo
Albania - Tirana
Macedonia
Romania - Bucharest
Moldova
Bulgaria
Ukraine - Kyiv

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Eastern Europe

Estonia - Tallinn
Latvia - Riga
Lithuania
Belarus - Minsk
Poland - Warsaw
Czech Republic - Prague
Slovakia
Hungary - Budapest
Slovenia
Croatia - Zagreb
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Serbia - Belgrade
Montenegro
Kosovo
Albania - Tirana
Macedonia
Romania - Bucharest
Moldova
Bulgaria - Sofia
Ukraine - Kyiv

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Eastern Europe

Estonia
Latvia - Riga
Lithuania
Belarus - Minsk
Poland - Warsaw
Czech Republic - Prague
Slovakia - Bratislava
Hungary - Budapest
Slovenia
Croatia - Zagreb
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Serbia - Belgrade
Montenegro
Kosovo
Albania - Tirana
Macedonia
Romania - Bucharest
Moldova - Chisinau
Bulgaria
Ukraine - Kyiv

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Eastern Europe

Estonia
Latvia - Riga
Lithuania
Belarus - Minsk
Poland - Warsaw
Czech Republic - Prague
Slovakia
Hungary - Budapest
Slovenia
Croatia - Zagreb
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Serbia - Belgrade
Montenegro
Kosovo
Albania - Tirana
Macedonia
Romania - Bucharest
Moldova
Bulgaria
Ukraine - Kyiv

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Eastern Europe

What did we already learn about the Danube River?

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The Danube River

The three rivers that feed into the Danube
Drava
Tisza
Sava

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The Danube River

Tatras
Carpathian
Transylvanian Alps
Balkan Mountains
Dinari Range

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Mountain Ranges of the region

Karst topography refers to natural landscape that is largely the result of chemical weathering by water, resulting in caves, sinkholes, cliffs, and steep-sided hills called towers. These features form when water picks up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and ground to form carbonic acid. Even this fairly weak and dilute acid dissolves carbonate rocks (such as limestone) relatively easily, resulting in dramatic features, even though other nearby rock is comparatively unaffected.

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KARST TOPOGRAPHY

Karst topography in the Dinary Alps

• ​The Dinaric Karst is the largest continuous karst landscape in Europe, covering almost half of the Dinaric Alps mountain range. It's about 650 km long and up to 150 km wide. 

FEATURES -

• The Dinaric Karst is home to many karst features, including: 

• Sinkholes 

• Sinking streams 

• Large springs 

  Caves, Poljes, which are closed depressions with flat bottoms that can be up to 60 kilometers in diameter 

Climate

• The Dinaric Karst is located in a humid temperate climate with west winds. The Adriatic Sea and river valleys have a Mediterranean climate with hot, dry summers and wet, fresh winters. The south sides of the Dinaric Mountains have a strong downslope northeast wind called burja (bora). 

Drainage

• Drainage in the Dinaric Karst has been largely diverted into subsurface routes. In some areas, all precipitation may disappear underground, making it difficult to find water for domestic purposes.