Northern European Plain

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Northern European Plain. - low lands that cover most of Europe. located between the Central European Highlands to the south and the North Sea and the Baltic Sea to the north. mostly farmland, but the region also contains bogs, heath, and lakes. The Alps. By Roww and Nikk. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Northern European Plain

- low lands that cover most of Europe.- located between the Central European Highlands to the south and the North Sea and the Baltic Sea to the north.- mostly farmland, but the region also contains bogs, heath, and lakes.

The AlpsThe Alps are a great

mountain range system. It stretches from Austria and Slovania in the east; through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstin, and Germany; to France in the west. The highest mountain in the Alps is Mount Blanc reaching about 15,000 feet. They are stunningly beautiful and extend for almost 700 miles. They bring a lot of tourists for skiing in the winter and many more activities in all seasons.

By Roww and Nikk

The Alps

Thames riverby Justin Bishop & Andrew Corser

The Thames River is the longest river in England & the 2nd longest river in the U.K. it goes through many towns such as London, Oxford, Reading, and Windsor. It is used for water power, food & drink, and also used for transportation. Recently the river has become a major leisure area for tourists. Many sports like rowing, sailing, kayaking, and punting are held there as well. It is normally a pretty clean river, but sometimes dead bodies have been found there.

Thames River

Po RiverLuis Silva Santistban

Davis Brown

The Po river is found in Italy.The Po River flows 405 miles, from Monviso to the Adriatic

seaThe Po River is the longest river in Italy.

The Po River provides for lots of farming.

Iberian peninsula

The Iberian Peninsula, or Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe, and includes modern-day Spain, Portugal, Andorra and

Gibraltar and a very small area of France. It is the westernmost of the three southern European peninsulas—the Iberian,

Italian, and Balkan peninsulas. It is bordered on the southeast and east by the Mediterranean Sea, and on the north, west and southwest by the Atlantic Ocean. The

Pyrenees form the northeast edge of the peninsula, separating it from the rest of Europe. In the south, it approaches the northern coast of Africa. It is the second-largest peninsula in Europe, with an area of 582,860 square kilometres (225,040 sq mi).

Scandinavian PeninsulaMolly Gower and Ashley Hamilton

It’s the largest peninsula in Europe (1,150 miles long). It used to have many glaciers. The first recording of a person being present on the peninsula was about 12,000 years ago.

PICTURES :D

Seine River

Alexia Sauer and Matt Mangum

The Seine is a slow flowing major river and commercial waterway that runs 480 miles through France and is a major tourist attraction.There are 37 bridges over the river just in Paris and dozens more outside of the city.It is used for navigation and transportation.

Mount Vesuvius

• What it is: an active volcano• What is it’s importance: It is the only volcano

that’s in the European mainland that has erupted in the last 100 years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• Location: On the Bay of Naples, east of Naples, Italy.

• Names: Lyndon Brinkley…Stefan Beadles

Danube River

The river flows for about 1771 miles(2850 kilometers). The river flows through — or forms a part of the borders of — ten countries: Germany (7.5%), Austria (10.3%), Slovakia (5.8%), Hungary (11.7%), Croatia (4.5%), Serbia (10.3%), Romania (28.9%), Bulgaria (5.2%), Moldova (1.7%), and Ukraine (3.8%). It starts in the black forest in Germany and then empties out into the black sea. The second biggest river in Europe

Jonny

Pictures

PYRENEES MOUNTAINS

By: Jared HeldtAnd

Bubba Baldwin

INFO…

• THEY ARE A RANGE OF MOUNTAINS IN THE SOUTHWEST SECTION OF EUROPE.

• IT IS A NATURAL BARRIER BETWEEN SPAIN AND FRANCE.

• SEPERATES THE IBERIAN PENINSULA FROM THE REST OF EUROPE.

• THEY ARE OLDER THAN THE ALPS. BETWEEN 100 TO 150 MILLION YEARS AGO.

PICTURES…

Rhine River

By Jodi Ellis

• The Rhine River begins at the Rheinwaldhorn Glacier in the alps and flows north and east. It ends in the North Sea in the Netherlands.

• It is approximately 820 miles long and flows through 5 countries.

• The castles along the riverbanks are a major tourist attraction.

Mediterranean Sea By Caleb and Taylor

The Mediterranean Sea is located above Africa and below Europe.

• It was an important trade route for merchants and travelers.

• Has an area of 1,145,000 square miles.• Runs through 22 countries.• Highly polluted.

Jutland Peninsula

By Jewels Cauley

Yazmin Heredia

Information

• To the East is the international water way.• The border is 68km long.• Denmark takes up most of the peninsula.• Germany takes up the part Denmark doesn’t.• This peninsula divides the North Sea and the

Baltic Sea.

The Balkan Peninsula cuh!GERBS! The Balkan Peninslula is the most

southern Peninsula in Europe. It is 200,000 sq miles. It is bounded by the Black Sea, Sea

of Marmara, Aegean Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Ionian Sea, and Adriatic Sea. Its

absolute location is 41° 33' N; 21° 36' E. Yo dog since it is a peninsula it is covered in by water on three sides. Aka it would moderate

the climate a bunch cuh!

Pikturs Yo!!

Carpathian Mountains

By Whitney K. and Aniko P.

Information...

• Crosses through 7 countries.• 1500km – Can cover Switzerland, and is

bigger than the Alps.• Rich deposits of gold, silver, lead, iron ore,

mercury, copper, petroleum, coal and salt.• Forest of oak, beech, fir and pine cover the

slopes.

Carpathian Mountains

Italian Peninsula

By: Makenzie MaxfieldAnd

Skye Slaymaker

Information• The Italian Peninsula consists of Italy. It is known for being

in the shape of a boot. • The Mediterranean Sea is off the south coast of the

peninsula and the peninsula expands 1000 km from the Po Valley.

• It has a Mediterranean Climate, although in the mountainous regions are cooler.

• They export engineering products, textiles and clothing, production machinery, motor vehicles, transport equipment, chemicals; food, beverages and tobacco; minerals, and nonferrous metals.

Photographs

Apennines (mountains)

By: Kenzie Filer, Hannah Montague, and Jessica Stanley

Apennines (mountains)

• Series of mountain ranges bordered by coastlands.

• Form a great arc which extends as far as Egadi islands.

• They are 870 miles long• The width ranges from 25-125 miles.• Mount Como is the highest point at 9554 ft.• They are also one of the younger ranges of the Alpine system.

Aegean Sea

Throughout the entire Aegean shoreline—that is, both the continental shores surrounding the Aegean Sea and those of the islands—bays, ports, and shelter creeks are also abundant. These also facilitated the task of seamen traveling in the Aegean Sea, making longer voyages possible at a time when shipbuilding was in its infancy. For its size, no other maritime area of the Mediterranean has comparable shoreline development.

Aegean Sea

The maximum depth of the Aegean is to be found east of Crete, where it reaches 11,627 feet (3,544 metres). The rocks making up the floor of the Aegean are mainly limestone, though often greatly altered by volcanic activity that has convulsed the region in relatively recent geologic times. The richly coloured sediments in the region of the islands of Thera (Santoríni, or Thíra) and Melos (Mílos), in the south Aegean, are particularly interesting. During the 1970s, Thera in particular became a topic of major international scientific importance, analysis of its surrounding sediments having been linked with a possible explanation of the ancient legend of the lost island of Atlantis.