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EUROPE

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INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTIONAGE OF EXPLORATION

ROMANS AND GREEKS

RENAISSANCE


ASIA

BIRTHPLACE OF RELIGIONSLARGEST CONTINENTHARAPPAN AND MESOPOTAMIAN

POPULATION

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 River Volga (3,531 km)


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 world’s 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 Plateau of Tibet


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 (-70˚C)

•Hottest place is Sind, Pakistan

(52 ˚C)

•Wettest place is Mausinram,

India (11,43 cm)


The location of Europe

Latitudinal• 35° N to 73° N

Longitudinal• 25° W to 65° E

Prime Meridian

Greenwich Londen


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

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The Shape of Europe Collection of

peninsulas Europe itself

is a peninsula of Eurasia


The Shape of Europe Scandinavian peninsula has narrow inlets called

fiords


SeasNorth 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

Europe’s Major

Bodies of Water

WATER BODIES OF EUROPE

Gulfs and Bays

(G)Bothnia, Finland (B)Biscay


SeasRed 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,

WATER BODIES OF ASIA


Bays

Bay of Bengal

Straits

Bab el Mandeb,Palk Strait,

Strait of Malacca,Bering Strait,Soya Strait,Korea Strait,Taiwan Strait,

WATER BODIES OF ASIA

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

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Main Countries of Europe


•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



•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

How many names

Do u remember?????

Now write down as many names as you can…..




Number of correct names Your status

If u got less than 5 Wake up you lazy bone!!!!!

5 to 10 So you are really not sleeping in the class!!!

Work on your eyesight and memory!!!!

10 to 15 Good. Keep it up!!

15 to 20 You are the real hopes of my class!!!!

More than 20 I feel insecure You are genius.

HISTORY OF EARTH



TECTONIC PLATES


SAN ANDREAS FAULT

PAC

IFIC

PLA

TENORTH AMERICAN

PLATE

Political Divisions of Europe


SCANDINAVIA

• Norway, Sweden, Finland Denmark and Iceland

• Norway and Sweden form the Scandinavian Peninsula.

• Norway, Sweden and Denmark are also known as Nordic Countries.



LOWLANDS

• Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg

• This part is below sea level.• They are also called

BENELUX



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



BALKAN STATES

• Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Greece

• They all lie in the Balkan mountain range



IBERIAN PENINSULA

• Spain and Portugal

TIME TO LOOK BACK


MATCH THE PAIRS1. Balkan States a. UK and Republic of Ireland

2. Iberian Peninsula b. Belgium, Netherland and Luxemburg

3. British Isles c. Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland

4. Nordic Countries d. Spain and Portugal

5. Benelux e. Norway, Sweden and Denmark

6. Scandinavia f. Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Greece

1-f, 2-d, 3-a, 4-e, 5-b and 6-cAnswers!!!!

Main POLITICAL DIVISIONS of Asia


EAST ASIA

SOUTH EAST ASIA

SOUTH ASIA

SOUTH WEST ASIA

CENTRAL ASIA

NORTH ASIA



JAPAN

N. KORE

AS. KOREACHIN

A

TAIWAN

EAST ASIA



MYANMAR

MALAYSIA

THAILAND

SINGAPORE

COMBODIA

VIETNAM

LAOS

INDONESIA

PHILIPPINES

SOUTH EAST ASIA



INDIA

PAKISTAN

BANGLADESH

SRI LANKA

NEPAL

BHUTAN

SOUTH ASIA

AFGANISTAN


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SOUTH WEST AISA

SOUDI ARABIA

YEMEN

OMAN

BEHRAIN

UAE

KUWAIT

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IRAQ

IRAN

JORDAN

SYRIA

ISRAEL

LEBANON

TURKEY


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AZERBAIJAN

ARMENIA

GEORGIA

KASAKHSTAN

TURKMENISTAN

UZBEKISTAN

KYRGYSTAN

TAJIKISTAN

CENTRAL ASIA

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NORTH ASIA

ASIAN RUSSIA

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TIME TO LOOK BACK


MATCH THE PAIRS1. South Asia a. China, Taiwan, Japan

2. S E Asia b. Asia Russia

3. North Asia c. Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq

4. East Asia d. Kazakhstan, Georgia, Azerbaijan

5. S W Asia e. India, Bangladesh, Pakistan

6. Central Asia f. Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore

1-e, 2-f, 3-b, 4-a, 5-c and 6-dAnswers!!!!


PHYSICAL FEATURES OF EUROPE

PHYSICAL FEATURES OF EUROPE


THE NORTH WESTERN HIGHLANDS

CENTRAL EUROPEAN PLAINS

SOUTHERN PLATEAU AND HIGHLAND

THE ALPINE MOUNTAIN SYSTEM


• 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 water with steep

sides• It makes the coastline irregular


• 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


• 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


• 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



PHYSICAL FEATURES OF ASIA

PHYSICAL FEATURES OF ASIA


THE NORTHERN LOWLANDS

THE CENTRAL FOLD MOUNTAINS AND INTER-MOUNTAIN PLATEAUX

THE SOUTHERN PLATEAUX

THE GREAT RIVER VALLEYS

THE ISLAND CHAINS

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 rivers- Amu Darya and Syr

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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 HimalayasThe Karakoram Mts.Kunlun MountainAltyn MtsTien Shan Mts.INTERMONTANE PLATEAUS:Anatolia, Iran, Tibet, Mongolia


THE SOUTHERN PLATEAUSOLD, 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


THE GREAT RIVER VALLEYS


THE ISLAND GROUPS

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Important Rivers of Asia Rank River Length (km) Length (miles)

2.** Amazon 7,062 4,391

1.** Nile 6,650 4,132

3. Yangtze (Chang Jiang) 6,300 3,917

5. Yenisei – Angara – Selenga 5,539 3,445

6. Yellow (Huang He) 5,464 3,398

7. Ob – Irtysh 5,410 3,364

9. Amur – Argun (Heilong Jiang) 4,444 2,763

10. Lena 4,400 2,736

11. Mekong (Lancang Jiang) 4,350 2,705

16. Shatt al-Arab – Euphrates 3,596 2,236

21. Indus (Sindhu) 3,180 1,976

28. Brahmaputra 2,948* 1,832*

39. Ganges/Padma (Ganga) 2,510 1,560

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rivers_by_length

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_River

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yangtze_River

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yenisei_River

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angara_River

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selenga

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_River

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ob_River

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irtysh

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amur_River

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argun_River

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lena_River

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mekong

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shatt_al-Arab

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphrates

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indus_River

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmaputra_River

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganges_River

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padma_River


Alps Mountains



The Land of Europe North European Plain


The Land of Europe Dense Forests

Black Forest in Germany


The Rivers of Europe Fishing

important to economyMost of the continent is 300 miles

to the sea jagged coastline creates natural

harbors1/3 all fish in the world comes

from Europe


The Rivers of Europe


The Rivers of Europe

Seine River in Paris, France


The Rivers of Europe Thames River in London, England


Canals


Europe

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