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Geography of Europe
Physical Map
Political Map
Danube River
• The Danube (/ˈdænjuːb/
DAN-ewb), is Europe's
second-longest river, located
in Central and Eastern
Europe.
• The Danube was once a
long-standing frontier of the
Roman Empire, and today
flows through 10 nations.
Originating in Germany, the
Danube flows southeast for
1,914 km (1,189 mi), passing
through or touching the
border of Austria, Slovakia,
Hungary, Croatia, Serbia,
Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova
and Ukraine before
emptying into the Black Sea.
Its drainage basin extends
into nine more nations.
Rhine River
• The Rhine is a European river
that begins in the Swiss
canton of Graubünden in the
southeastern Swiss Alps,
forms part of the SwissAustrian, Swiss- Liechtenstein
border, Swiss-German and
then the Franco-German
border, then flows through
the Rhineland and eventually
empties into the North Sea in
the Netherlands. It is the
second longest river in
Central and Western Europe
(after the Danube), at about
1,230 km (760 mi)
European Plain
Scandinavian Peninsula
• The Scandinavian
Peninsula is a peninsula
in Northern Europe,
which today covers
Norway, Sweden and
most of northern
Finland.
• The Scandinavian
Peninsula is the largest
peninsula of Europe,
larger than the Balkan,
the Iberian and the
Italian peninsulas.
Iberian Peninsula
• The Iberian Peninsula also
known as Iberia is a
peninsula located in the
southwest corner of
Europe. With an area of
approximately
582,000 km2
(225,000 sq mi), it is the
third largest European
peninsula, after the
Scandinavian and Balkan
peninsulas. The peninsula
is divided between four
states: Spain, Portugal,
Andorra, and France; as
well as Gibraltar, an
overseas territory of the
United Kingdom.
Ural Mountains
• The Ural Mountains or
simply the Urals, are a
mountain range that runs
approximately from north
to south through western
Russia, from the coast of
the Arctic Ocean to the Ural
River and northwestern
Kazakhstan.[1] The mountain
range forms the natural
boundary between Europe
and Asia.
• The mountains are rich in
various deposits, including
metal ores, coal, precious
and semi-precious stones.
Pyrennes
• The Pyrenees is a
range of mountains in
southwest Europe that
forms a natural border
between France and
Spain. It separates the
Iberian Peninsula from
the rest of continental
Europe, and extends
for about 491 km
(305 mi) from the Bay
of Biscay to the
Mediterranean Sea
The Alps
• The Alps are the highest
and most extensive
mountain range system
that lies entirely in
Europe,[1] stretching
approximately 1,200
kilometres (750 mi)
across eight Alpine
countries: Austria,
France, Germany, Italy,
Liechtenstein, Monaco,
Slovenia, and
Switzerland.[2]
Mediterranean Sea
• The Mediterranean Sea) is a sea connected to the
Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean
region and almost completely enclosed by land: on
the north by Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the
south by North Africa. The sea is sometimes
considered a part of the Atlantic Ocean, although it is
usually identified as a separate body of water.
English Channel
• The English Channel also called
simply the Channel, is the body of
water that separates southern
England from northern France,
and joins the southern part of the
North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean.
• It is about 560 km (350 mi) long
and varies in width from 240 km
(150 mi) at its widest to 33.1 km
(20.6 mi) in the Strait of Dover.[1] It
is the smallest of the shallow seas
around the continental shelf of
Europe, covering an area of some
75,000 square kilometers.