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Major PeninsulasScandinavian-Sweden, Norway

Jutland-Denmark

Iberian-Spain, Portugal

Italian-Italy

Balkan-Greece, Albania, Macedonia, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Croatia, and Romania

▪ALPS

▪Stretch across France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Northern Balkans

PYRENEES

▪Border between France and Spain

▪Danube

▪Cuts through the heart of Europe from west to east. It touches nine countries over its 1,771 mile length, links Europe to Black Sea.

▪Rhine

▪Flows 820 miles from interior of Europe north to the North Sea.

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Danube River

Rhine River

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North Atlantic Drift

Current of warm water from the tropics

Mistral

Cold, dry wind from north Sirocco

Hot, steady wind from North Africa

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