The Geography & Peoples of Europe

1. The Geography & Peoples of Europe Jim Dzialo Jacobs HS World History Rocks………The rest is filler!

2. Europe’s Latitude v. US

3. Former Soviet Region Compared in Latitude & Area with the United States

4. Satellite View of Europe

5. REGIONS

6. Continents by Size (sq. km.)

7. Topography

8. Northern Peninsulas Scandinavian Peninsula Jutland Peninsula

9. Southern Peninsulas CrimeanPeninsula Iberian Peninsula Italian Peninsula Balkan Peninsula AnatoleanPeninsula

10. The Mediterranean Sea: Mare Nostrum Strait of Gibraltar & the“Pillars of Hercules” • 2,400 miles long & 1,000 miles wide • “Crossroads of 3 Continents” Caesarea on the Israeli coast

11. Rivers Volga R. Don R. Thames R. Elbe R. Vistula R. Oder R. Rhine R. Dnieper R. Seine R. Loire R. Danube R. Po R. Tagus R. Tiber R. Ebro R.

12. The Danube River 1770 miles

13. The Danube River Where Buda & Pest Meet Biking Along the Danube • Flows through the 12 countries of Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Romania, and the Ukraine.

14. The Volga River • The longest river in Europe --> 2,300 miles.

15. The Volga River • The river is so polluted that the sturgeon catch has been decreased by 60%.

16. Why are most of the capitals of Europe on major rivers??

17. Capitals on the Rivers (1) Paris, right bank of the Seine London on the Thames Prague on the Vltava Budapest on the Danube

18. Capitals on the Rivers (2) Moscow on the Moscow River Berlin on the Spree Rome on the Tiber Vienna on the Danube

19. What’stheanswer??

20. Answer: They are Europe’s lifeline!

21. Moutains&Peaks Ural Mts. Carpathian Mts. Caucasus Mts. Alps Mts. Pyrennes Mts. Dinaric Alps Apennines Mts. Mt. Vesuvius ^ Mt. Olympus ^ Mt. Etna ^

22. The Alps • Cover most of Switzerland, Austria, and parts of Italy and France.

23. Mt. Blanc in the Alps • Highest mountain in the Alps: 15,771 feet

24. The Caucasus Mountains • The origin of the word Caucasian.

25. Transylvaniain the Carpathian Mountains • Home of Vlad Tepeš, theDrakul (“Count Dracula”)

26. Ural Mountains: “The Great Divide” 1500 miles • Divides the European and Asian sections of Russia.

27. The Ural Mountains

28. The BENELUX Countries • Belgium • Netherlands • Luxembourg

29. Holland’s Dikes

30. Amsterdam’s Canals

31. 10,000 BCE – Ice Age

32. Norwegian Fjords • Glaciers cut deep valleys in the ocean during the Ice Age.

33. Reykjavik, Iceland:“The Youngest Oldest Country” • Volcanoes • Hot Springs • Geysers

34. Mediterranean Islands • Generally rugged & mountainous. • Mediterranean Sea so polluted (will take 1000 years to clean up). Sardinia Cyprus Malta

35. Mt. Etna, Sicily • An active volcano

36. Mt. Vesuvius, Italy • Pompeii, 79 CE • Herculaneum, 79 CE • 1944 eruption

37. Eastern Europe

38. Eastern Europe

39. Russia’s 10Time Zones

40. Siberia --> Permafrost • Average temperatures of January vary from 0 to -50°C, and in July from 1 to 25°C • 150,000,000 population. • A former “gulag” Soviet prison camp.

41. Lake Baikal, Siberia • The oldest and deepest lake in the world. • 20% of the world’s total unfrozen water supply.

42. Trans-Siberian Railroad • Completed in 1905.

43. Trans-Siberian Railroad • The main line runs 5,785 miles.

44. Vegetation

45. The North European Plain

46. Steppes: “Soviet” Breadbasket

47. The Steppes • 25% of the old Soviet Union’s food supply.

48. Major Regional Divisions of the Former U. S. S. R. Chernozen Soil

49. Germany’s Black Forest

50. Germany’s Black Forest