Physical Features of Europe

• Sea south of the Ukraine and north of Turkey

• Black Sea

• Sea that lies further east and is completely landlocked

• Caspian Sea

• The sea that lies between Greece and Turkey

• Aegean Sea

• The sea that lies west of Greece

• Ionian Sea

• The sea between Italy and the countries of Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia – Herzegovina, Montenegro and Albania

• Adriatic Sea

• Sea just west of Italy • Tyrrhenian Sea

• Sea that stretches from Spain to Asia

• Mediterranean Sea

• Connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic

• Strait of Gibraltar

• Mediterranean Sea flows through the Strait of Gibraltar to this water body

• Atlantic Ocean

• Body of water bordered by Spain and France

• Bay of Biscay

• Separating the United Kingdom and France

• English Channel

• The body of water lies between the UK and Denmark

• North Sea

• Body of water located south of Norway and north of Denmark

• Skagerrak Strait

• Body of water south of Finland and north of Denmark

• Kattegat Strait

• The body of water forms most of Sweden’s coastline

• Baltic Sea

• The large gulf located between Finland and Sweden

• Gulf of Bothnia

• The gulf located south of Finland and north of the Baltic countries

• Gulf of Finland

• Island that is part of Greece and located southeast of the mainland

• Crete

• Triangular-shaped island off the toe of Italy

• Sicily

• Island across the Tyrrhenian Sea from Italy

• Sardinia

• French island located north of Sardinia

• Corsica

• Islands in the Mediterranean Sea just east of Spain

• Balearic Islands

• Europe’s longest chain of mountains

• Alps

• Mountains separating Spain and France

• Pyrenees Mountains

• Mountains running down the length of Italy

• Apennine Mountains

• Mountains beginning in Czech Republic and going through parts of Poland and the Ukraine

• Carpathian Mountains

• Mountains found in Serbia and Bulgaria

• Balkan Mountains

• Mountains running north and south through Russia forming boundary between Europe and Asia

• Ural Mountains

• Mountains stretching from the Black Sea to the Caspian Sea

• Caucasus Mountains

• River flowing from Paris to the English Channel

• Seine River

• River flowing from southern France to the Mediterranean Sea

• Rhone River

• River flowing west from Spain through Portugal to the Atlantic Ocean

• Tagus River

• River flowing north from the Alps through Germany and the Netherlands to its mouth on the North Sea

• Rhine River

• Flows through southeastern Great Britain to the English Channel

• Thames River

• Flows from Czech Republic through Germany to its mouth on the North Sea

• Elbe River

• Flows through Poland and forms part of the Polish-German border flowing into the Baltic Sea

• Oder River

• Rises in Germany and passes along or through six other countries on its way to the Black Sea

• Danube River

• Flows from the Ukraine into the Black Sea

• Dnepr River

• Flows from south of Moscow south to the Sea of Azov (a gulf of the Black Sea)

• Don River

• Flows south from central Russia to the Caspian Sea

• Volga River – Russia’s most important

Physical Features of Europe