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CENTRAL and EASTERN EUROPE

CENTRAL and EASTERN EUROPE. EASTERN EUROPE. EUROPE’S LARGEST REGION ADJOINS 3 OF 4 OTHER EUROPEAN REGIONS CONTAINS THE MOST COUNTRIES INCLUDES EUROPE’S LARGEST STATE -- UKRAINE INCORPORATES EUROPE’S POOREST COUNTRY -- ALBANIA. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS. Danube River: 1,770 miles long

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CENTRAL and EASTERN EUROPE

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  1. CENTRAL and EASTERNEUROPE

  2. EASTERN EUROPE • EUROPE’S LARGEST REGION • ADJOINS 3 OF 4 OTHER EUROPEAN REGIONS • CONTAINS THE MOST COUNTRIES • INCLUDES EUROPE’S LARGEST STATE -- UKRAINE • INCORPORATES EUROPE’S POOREST COUNTRY -- ALBANIA

  3. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS • Danube River: • 1,770 miles long • Starts in Germany • Enters the Black Sea in Romania • Aral Sea • Two rivers that feed into the Aral Sea • Shrinking due to much irrigation and drought • Lake Baikal: • Largest & deepest lakein the world • 20% of the world’s fresh water • Badly polluted

  4. Lake Baikal

  5. NORTHERN EUROPEAN PLAIN • Continues through Eurasia • Made Eastern Europe and Russia easy to invade • Also provides great soils • Chernozem (Ukraine)

  6. Climates

  7. CLIMATES • Tundra in the north • Six months of winter • Mediterranean climate in the south • Climate ranges affect plant growth: • Little growth in the north • Trees & grasses in the southern half of central Europe • Semi-Arid areas in southern Russia

  8. Population • Few where it is cold • Packed where the weather is moderate

  9. Cultures • Region is multiethnic: • Multiethnic many ethnic groups (many different peoples) • Sometimes separated by country • Sometimes in a jigsaw pattern • caused groups to BALKANIZE

  10. BALKANIZATION • FROM THE VERB BALKANIZE, WHICH MEANS TO BREAK UP (AS IN A REGION) INTO SMALLER AND OFTEN HOSTILE UNITS • ORIGINATES FROM A MOUNTAIN RANGE IN BULGARIA • APPLIED TO THE SOUTHERN HALF OF EASTERN EUROPE

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