The Geography of Europe Unit 3 Notes SS6G8 The student will locate selected features of Europe a. Locate on a world and regional political- physical map: the Danube River, Rhine River, English Channel, Mediterranean Sea, European Plain, the Alps, Pyrenees, Ural Mountains, Iberian Peninsula, and Scandinavian Peninsula
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The Geography of Europe
Unit 3 NotesSS6G8 The student will locate selected features of Europea. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map:
the Danube River, Rhine River, English Channel, Mediterranean Sea, European Plain, the Alps, Pyrenees,
Ural Mountains, Iberian Peninsula, and Scandinavian Peninsula
• Major tourist destination • Extend for almost 700 miles!
Mt. Blanc in the AlpsMt. Blanc in the AlpsMt. Blanc in the AlpsMt. Blanc in the Alps
It’s the highest mountain in the Alps: 15,771 It’s the highest mountain in the Alps: 15,771 feet.feet.
Pyrenees Mountains
• Form the natural border between France & Spain
• Extend for about 270 miles
Ural Mountains• Considered the natural boundary
between Europe & Asia• Divide Russia: 1/4 is in Europe, 3/4 is in
Asia• 1,500 miles long!• Among the world’s OLDEST mountain
ranges• Huge deposits of gold, nickel, silver,
platinum, coal, iron, & other minerals
Ural Mountains: “The Great Ural Mountains: “The Great Divide”Divide”Ural Mountains: “The Great Ural Mountains: “The Great Divide”Divide”
It divides the European and Asian sections of It divides the European and Asian sections of Russia.Russia.
1500
miles
The European Plain• Largest mountain-free landform in
Europe• Stretches from the Pyrenees in the
west to the Ural Mountains in the east
• Extends 2,000 miles• Successful agricultural area
European Plain
Northern European Plain
Credits
• Original presentation retrieved from www.Slideshare.net Sept 24, 2011. Modifications made by B. Morgan
• Geography of the World: Europe: Land and Resources . Prod. Academic Media Network, Inc.. Academic Media Network, Inc., 2006. Discovery Education. Web. 7 October 2011. <http://www.discoveryeducation.com/>.