GeographySeptember 21, 2018. Friday.

For the first 15 minutes of class.

• Please work on finishing your map assignments quietly by yourselves.

• If you have finished your map assignments, please sit quietly at your desk. You may use your phones.

• We will watch CNN10 after the first fifteen minutes are up.

Today’s Learning Goals:

• To understand the physical geography of Europe.

Let us begin…

• …with some stereotypes.

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dZQ-G7b8nY

Now that we know…

• …what’s NOT true about Europe.

• How about we study what is true about Europe.

We’ll begin with The Physical Geography of Europe.

• Eurasia is a massive tectonic plate, so determining where exactly Europe ends and Asia begins is difficult.

Europe is bordered by…

• …the Arctic Ocean in the North

Europe is bordered by…

• … the Atlantic Ocean and its seas to the west

Europe is bordered by…

• …and the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea to the south.

Europe’s Eastern Boundary.

• Europe’s eastern boundary is typically given as the Ural Mountains, which run north to south from the Arctic Ocean down through Russia to Kazakhstan.

Other mountain ranges in Europe

• The Pyrenees, the Alps, and the Carpathians divide Europe’s southern Alpine region from the hilly central uplands.

The Pyrenees

Let’s tour the Pyrenees mountains!

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX_xyZ5pUmk

The Great Pyrenees!

The Alps

Let’s tour the famous Swiss Alps

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95ru9JguLrY

The Carpathian Mountains

Let’s see what fall looks like in the Carpathian Mountains.

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gojqWy5EFBg

It’s also where Dracula lives.

Europe’s Waterways

• Europe has a large number of navigable waterways, and most places in Europe are relatively short distances from the sea.

Europe’s Waterways

• This has contributed to numerous historical trading links across the region and allowed for Europe to dominate maritime travel.

Europe’s largest river.

• The Danube, is the European region’s largest river and winds its way along 2,860 and 10 countries from Germany to Ukraine.

Cruising the Danube

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h-dDov_cLw