Physical features of Europe notes

1. Physical features of Europe notes SS6G8: The student will locate selected physical features of Europe

3. What are some uses of physical maps? • To show the physical features like various landforms and water bodies present on the earth’s surface. • Different colors, lines, tints, shading and spot elevations are used to show the elevation and to separate lowlands from the mountains in physical maps.

4. RIVERS(Flows through Germany) • DANUBE • Europe’s second longest river. • International waterway • Empties into the Black Sea • 1,771 miles • RHINE • One of the longest and most important rivers in Europe. • 766 miles • Important waterway carrying trade and goods deep inland.

5. Danube and Rhine Rivers

6. European Plain • Largest mountain-free landform in Europe. • Stretches from the Pyrenees Mountains and the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Ural Mountains in the east. • Cut by the Rhine River in the west

8. Mountains • ALPS • One of the great mountain range systems of Europe • Stretches from Austria in the east through Italy, Germany, and France in the west. • Highest point 15,782 ft. Italian/French border • PYRENEES • Forms a massive divider between France and Spain • Highest point 11,168 ft. • URAL • Runs from north to south through western Russia • Natural boundary between Europe and Asia • Highest point 6,213 ft.

12. Peninsulas • IBERIAN • Located in SW Europe • Westernmost of the three major southern European peninsulas • SCANDINAVIAN • Northern Europe • Largest peninsula of Europe

15. Channel • ENGLISH • Arm of the Atlanta Ocean that separates southern England from northern France and joins the North Sea to the Atlantic. • 350 miles long • 150 miles at its widest 21 miles in the Strait of Dover

16. English Channel map/satellite

17. Sea • MEDITERRANEAN • Connected to the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land. • Part of the Atlantic Ocean • Average depth of 4,900 feet

18. Mediterranean Sea