THE GEOGRAPHY OF EUROPE

EURASIATHE LARGE, UNBROKEN AREA OF LAND THAT MAKES UP ASIA AND EUROPE.

PENINSULA OF PENINSULASEUROPE IS ONE LARGE PENINSULA WITH SMALLER PENINSULAS THAT EXTEND INTO EUROPE'S SURROUNDING SEAS

MOUNTAINS AND PLAINSEUROPE'S TOPOGRAPHY CONSISTS OF MULTIPLE MOUNTAIN RANGES AROUND THE EDGE OF THE CONTINENT WITH A LARGE, FLAT PLAIN IN THE CENTER

Swiss Alps

Pyrenees

Austrian Alps

The Alps

French Alps

ITALY

Dolomites, Italy

THE NORTHERN EUROPEAN PLAIN

• The fertile heart of the continent

• Corridor of migrating peoples from Eastern Europe

Germany

France

France

EUROPE'S CLIMATE

• Europe's topography affected it's climate

• Winds blow off ocean bringing rain

• Warm, moist climate year-round

• Mountains block winds from reaching Mediterranean

• Makes these places hot and dry during summer with rain in the winters Jutland

Scandinavia

British IslesSpain

EUROPE'S WATERWAYS• FLOW IN SEVERAL DIRECTIONS FROM CENTRAL MOUNTAINS • FORM NATIONAL BOUNDARIES • CITIES BUILT ON RIVERS • LONGEST = RHINE AND DANUBE • MADE FOR GOOD FARMLAND, RICH SOIL CARRIED AND DEPOSITED

BY RIVERS

Danube River

Rhine River