Transcript of Vikas Patil 2010-111 2 3 Few quick flicks about Europe Europe is the second smallest continent....
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- Few quick flicks about Europe Europe is the second smallest
continent. Total area is 10 million sq.km. Thrice the size of India
(approx) Total no of countries is 45 Largest country is Russia
Smallest country is Vatican City Highest peak is Mt. Elbrus (5,642
m) Lowest point is Caspian Sea (28 m below sea) Longest river is
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- Few quick flicks about ASIA Asia is the LARGEST continent.
Total area is 44 Million sq.km. Total population is approx 3680
million which is about 3/5 of worlds population. Total no of
countries is 48 Largest country is Russia (17 mill sq km) Smallest
country is Singapore (660 sq km) Highest peak is Mt. Everest (8,848
m) Lowest point is Dead Sea (400 m below sea) Highest plateau is
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- Few quick flicks about ASIA Deepest sea is South China Sea
Deepest lake is lake Baikal (1637 m) Longest strait is Strait of
Malacca Coldest place is Verkhoyansk, Russia (-70C) Hottest place
is Sind, Pakistan (52 C) Wettest place is Mausinram, India (11,43
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- The location of Europe Latitudinal 35 N to 73 N Longitudinal 25
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- The location and extent of ASIA Latitudinal 10 S to 80 N
Longitudinal 25 E to 170 W 8 8,690 Km 9,700 Km Vikas Patil
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- The Shape of Europe Collection of peninsulas Europe itself is a
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- The Shape of Europe Scandinavian peninsula has narrow inlets
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- Seas North Sea, Baltic Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Adriatic Sea,
Black Sea, Sea of Azov, Aegean Sea Rivers Rhine, Danube,
Guadalquivir, Elbe, Seine, Thames Oceans Arctic Ocean, Atlantic
Ocean Straits Bosporus, Gibraltar, English Channel Europes Major
Bodies of Water Gulfs and Bays (G)Bothnia, Finland (B)Biscay
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- Seas Red Sea, Arabian Sea, Andaman Sea, Java Sea, Arafura sea,
South China Sea, Timor Sea, Celebes Sea, Yellow Sea, Sea of Japan,
Sea of Okhotsk, Bering Sea Rivers Euphrates, Tigris, Indus, Ganga,
Yamuna, Brahmaputra, Irrawaddy, Salween, Mekong, Si Kiang, Chang
Jiang, Hwang He, Amur, Lena, Yenisei, Irtysh, Syr Darya, Amu Darya,
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- Bays Bay of Bengal Straits Bab el Mandeb, Palk Strait, Strait
of Malacca, Bering Strait, Soya Strait, Korea Strait, Taiwan
Strait, Gulfs Gulf of Suez, Gulf of Aden, Persian Gulf, Gulf of
Oman, Gulf of Thailand, Gulf of Tonkin, Gulf of Bo Hai, Gulf of
Tartary 13 Vikas Patil 2010-11
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- Main Countries of Europe 14Vikas Patil 2010-11 Albania Austria
Belarus Belgium Bosnia Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Denmark
Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy
Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Moldova Monaco Netherlands Norway
Poland Portugal Romania Russia Slovakia Spain Sweden Switzerland
Ukraine United Kingdom Serbia and Montenegro Vatican City
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- Main Countries of Europe 15Vikas Patil 2010-11 Albania Austria
Belarus Belgium Bosnia Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Denmark
Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy
Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Moldova Monaco Netherlands Norway
Poland Portugal Romania Russia Slovakia Spain Sweden Switzerland
Ukraine United Kingdom Serbia and Montenegro Vatican City
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- Now write down as many names as you can.. 16Vikas Patil
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- Main Countries of Europe 17Vikas Patil 2010-11 Number of
correct namesYour status If u got less than 5Wake up you lazy
bone!!!!! 5 to 10So you are really not sleeping in the class!!!
Work on your eyesight and memory!!!! 10 to 15Good. Keep it up!! 15
to 20You are the real hopes of my class!!!! More than 20I feel
insecure You are genius.
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- HISTORY OF EARTH Vikas Patil 2010-1118
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- Vikas Patil 2010-1120 TECTONIC PLATES
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- Vikas Patil 2010-1122 SAN ANDREAS FAULT PACIFIC PLATE NORTH
AMERICAN PLATE
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- Political Divisions of Europe 23Vikas Patil 2010-11 SCANDINAVIA
Norway, Sweden, Finland Denmark and Iceland Norway and Sweden form
the Scandinavian Peninsula. Norway, Sweden and Denmark are also
known as Nordic Countries.
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- Political Divisions of Europe 24Vikas Patil 2010-11 LOWLANDS
Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg This part is below sea level.
They are also called BENELUX
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- Political Divisions of Europe 25Vikas Patil 2010-11 UNITED
KINGDOM UK is made up of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Great
Britain is made up of Scotland, England and Wales. The British
Isles is made up of Great Britain and Republic of Ireland
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- Political Divisions of Europe 26Vikas Patil 2010-11 BALKAN
STATES Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Greece They all lie in the
Balkan mountain range
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- Political Divisions of Europe 27Vikas Patil 2010-11 IBERIAN
PENINSULA Spain and Portugal
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- TIME TO LOOK BACK Vikas Patil 2010-1128 MATCH THE PAIRS 1.
Balkan Statesa.UK and Republic of Ireland 2. Iberian Peninsulab.
Belgium, Netherland and Luxemburg 3. British Islesc. Norway,
Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland 4. Nordic Countriesd. Spain
and Portugal 5. Beneluxe. Norway, Sweden and Denmark 6.
Scandinaviaf. Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Greece 1-f, 2-d, 3-a,
4-e, 5-b and 6-c
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- Main POLITICAL DIVISIONS of Asia 29Vikas Patil 2010-11 EAST
ASIA SOUTH EAST ASIA SOUTH ASIA SOUTH WEST ASIA CENTRAL ASIA NORTH
ASIA
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- Main POLITICAL DIVISIONS of Asia 30Vikas Patil 2010-11 JAPAN N.
KOREA S. KOREA CHINA TAIWAN EAST ASIA
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- Main POLITICAL DIVISIONS of Asia 31 Vikas Patil 2010-11 MYANMAR
MALAYSIA THAILAND SINGAPORE COMBODIA VIETNAM LAOS INDONESIA
PHILIPPINES SOUTH EAST ASIA
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- Main POLITICAL DIVISIONS of Asia 32 Vikas Patil 2010-11 INDIA
PAKISTAN BANGLADESH SRI LANKA NEPAL BHUTAN SOUTH ASIA
AFGANISTAN
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- Main POLITICAL DIVISIONS of Asia Vikas Patil 2010-11 SOUTH WEST
AISA SOUDI ARABIA YEMEN OMAN BEHRAIN UAE KUWAIT 33 IRAQ IRAN JORDAN
SYRIA ISRAEL LEBANON TURKEY
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- Main POLITICAL DIVISIONS of Asia Vikas Patil 2010-11 AZERBAIJAN
ARMENIA GEORGIA KASAKHSTAN TURKMENISTAN UZBEKISTAN KYRGYSTAN
TAJIKISTAN CENTRAL ASIA 34
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- Main POLITICAL DIVISIONS of Asia Vikas Patil 2010-11 NORTH ASIA
ASIAN RUSSIA 35
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- TIME TO LOOK BACK Vikas Patil 2010-1136 MATCH THE PAIRS 1.
South Asiaa.China, Taiwan, Japan 2. S E Asiab. Asia Russia 3. North
Asiac. Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq 4. East Asiad. Kazakhstan, Georgia,
Azerbaijan 5. S W Asiae. India, Bangladesh, Pakistan 6. Central
Asiaf. Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore 1-e, 2-f, 3-b, 4-a, 5-c and
6-d
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- 38Vikas Patil 2010-11 THE NORTH WESTERN HIGHLANDS CENTRAL
EUROPEAN PLAINS SOUTHERN PLATEAU AND HIGHLAND THE ALPINE MOUNTAIN
SYSTEM
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- THE NORTH WESTERN HIGHLANDS Mountains and plateaus of Norway
and Sweden Among the oldest mountains of Europe Made up of old,
hard crystalline rocks On the coast fiords are formed due to
glacial erosion for millions of years There are deep inlets of
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- It stretches from Atlantic ocean in the west to Ural Mt in the
east. White sea in the north and southern mountain in the south. It
is partly made up of glacial deposits and partly by alluvium
deposits by big rivers like Don, Dneiper, Volga and the Ural. They
are very fertile and good for agriculture. CENTRAL EUROPEAN PLAINS
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- These are not very high. Max height is 1800 mt. It includes
Plateau of Spain, The Central Massif and the Vosges of France, The
Black Forest of Germany The Plateau of Bohemia. The Ural Mt in
Russia SOUTHERN PLATEAU AND HIGHLAND 41Vikas Patil 2010-11
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- Young fold mountains Stretches from Pyrenees in Spain to The
Pamir Knot in Central Asia. It includes Alps in the center (Mt
Blanc in the highest peak with 4807 Mt height) Pyrenees in the West
and further as Canterbrian Mts. The Appenines in the South The
Dinaric Alps, Carpthian Mt, The Transylvanian Alps and Balkan Mt in
the South Caucasus Mt in the East. (Mt Elbrus is the highest peak
of Europe with 5642 Mt height) THE ALPINE MOUNTAIN SYSTEM 42Vikas
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- 44Vikas Patil 2010-11 THE NORTHERN LOWLANDS THE CENTRAL FOLD
MOUNTAINS AND INTER-MOUNTAIN PLATEAUX THE SOUTHERN PLATEAUX THE
GREAT RIVER VALLEYS THE ISLAND CHAINS
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- THE NORTHERN LOWLANDS THE SIBERIAN PLAIN: Wide in west and
becomes narrow towards east. Drained by 3 rivers- Ob, Yenisei and
Lena THE TURAN PLAIN: Lowlands around the Aral Sea Drained by 2
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- THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND PLATEAUS Fold mountains and
intermontane plateaus. PAMIR KNOT: WEST: Sulaiman Mts, Zagros,
Taurus Mts. Hindu Kush, Elburz Mts, Pontic Mts. EAST: The Himalayas
The Karakoram Mts. Kunlun Mountain Altyn Mts Tien Shan Mts.
INTERMONTANE PLATEAUS: Anatolia, Iran, Tibet, Mongolia 46Vikas
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- THE SOUTHERN PLATEAUS OLD, HARD, CRYSTALLINE ROCKS PLATEAU OF
ARABIA: Steep along SW and gentle along NE PLATEAU OF PENINSULAR
INDIA: Steep along West and gentle along East PLATEAU OF SHAN AND
YUNNAN: Steep along the West and gentle along East 47Vikas Patil
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- THE GREAT RIVER VALLEYS 48Vikas Patil 2010-11
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- THE ISLAND GROUPS MALAY ARCHIPELAGO 49Vikas Patil 2010-11
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- 50 Important Rivers of Asia Rank River Length (km) Length
(miles) 2.**Amazon7,0624,391 1.**Nile6,6504,132 3. YangtzeYangtze
(Chang Jiang) 6,3003,917 5.YeniseiYenisei Angara
SelengaAngaraSelenga5,5393,445 6. YellowYellow (Huang He)
5,4643,398 7.ObOb IrtyshIrtysh5,4103,364 9. AmurAmur Argun (Heilong
Jiang)Argun 4,4442,763 10.Lena4,4002,736 11. MekongMekong (Lancang
Jiang) 4,3502,705 16.Shatt al-ArabShatt al-Arab
EuphratesEuphrates3,5962,236 21. IndusIndus (Sindhu) 3,1801,976
28.Brahmaputra2,948*1,832* 39.GangesGanges/Padma (Ganga)Padma
2,5101,560
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- The Land of Europe North European Plain 57 Vikas Patil
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- The Land of Europe Dense Forests Black Forest in Germany 58
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- The Rivers of Europe Fishing important to economy Most of the
continent is 300 miles to the sea jagged coastline creates natural
harbors 1/3 all fish in the world comes from Europe 59Vikas Patil
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- The Rivers of Europe 60Vikas Patil 2010-11
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- The Rivers of Europe Seine River in Paris, France 61 Vikas
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- The Rivers of Europe Thames River in London, England 63 Vikas
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- Canals 64Vikas Patil 2010-11
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