Europe
Physical CharacteristicsStudy Guide
Find UNITED KINGDOM.
Find the IBERIAN
PENINSULA.
Find the ITALIAN
PENINSULA.
Find the SCANDINAVIAN
PENINSULA.
Find the JUTLAND
PENINSULA.
Find the BALKAN
PENINSULA.
Find GREAT BRITAIN.
Find the ADRIATIC SEA.
Find the AEGEAN SEA.
Find the MEDITERRANEAN
SEA.
Find the BALTIC SEA.
Find the BLACK SEA.
Find the NORTH SEA.
Find the ATLANTIC
OCEAN.
Find the ARCTIC OCEAN.
Find the DANUBE RIVER.
Find the RHINE RIVER.
Find the SEINE RIVER.
Find the PYRENEES.
Find the NORTHERN EUROPEAN
PLAIN.
What is CHERNOZEM?
.black dirt" or "black earth", is a black-colored soil containing a high percentage of humus
Where is the ENGLISH
CHANNEL?
What is the CHUNNEL?
Chunnel is the short name often used for the Channel Tunnel. The Chunnel runs from Folkestone in the south of England, to Calais in northern France.
Where is the STRAIT of
GIBRALTER?
What are FJORDS and
where are they?
a long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea between high cliffs, as in Norway and Iceland, typically formed by submergence of a glaciated valley.
Identify the
climate regions of
Europe.
Semi AridMarine West Coast Subarctic
TundraHighland
MediterraneanHumid Continental
What is the NORTH ATLANTIC
DRIFT?
a powerful warm ocean current that continues the Gulf Stream northeast
What arePREVAILING
WESTERLIES?
Winds that blow from the west to the east in the middle latitudes between 35 and 65 degrees latitude.
How do the NORTH ATLANTIC
DRIFT and the PREVAILING WESTERLIES
affect the climate of Europe?
They make it
WARMER.