Slide 2 REGIONSREGIONSREGIONSREGIONS
REGIONSREGIONSREGIONSREGIONS Slide 3 Continents by Size (sq. km.)
Asia44,579,000Africa30,065,000 North America 24,256,000 South
America 17,819,000 Antarctica13,209,000 Europe Europe9,938,000
Oceania (incl. Australia) Oceania (incl. Australia) 7,687,000 Slide
4 RiversRiversRiversRivers RiversRiversRiversRivers Danube R. Seine
R. Rhine R. Loire R. Po R. Tiber R. Tagus R. Thames R. Elbe R. Oder
R. Vistula R. Dnieper R. Volga R. Don R. Ebro R. Slide 5 The Danube
River 1770 miles Slide 6 The Danube River Flows through the 12
countries of Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia, Croatia,
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Romania, and the
Ukraine. Where Buda & Pest Meet Biking Along the Danube Slide 7
The Volga River e The longest river in Europe --> 2,300 miles.
Slide 8 The Volga River e The river is so polluted that the
sturgeon catch has been decreased by 60%. Slide 9 Why are most of
the capitals of Europe on major rivers?? Slide 10 Capitals on the
Rivers (1) Paris, right bank of the Seine London on the Thames
Prague on the Vltava Budapest on the Danube Slide 11 Capitals on
the Rivers (2) Berlin on the Spree Moscow on the Moscow River Rome
on the Tiber Vienna on the Danube Slide 12 Whats the answer ??
Slide 13 Answer:Answer: They are Europes lifeline! Slide 14 The
BENELUX Countries * Belgium * Netherlands * Luxembourg * Belgium *
Netherlands * Luxembourg Slide 15 Hollands Dikes Slide 16
Amsterdams Canals Slide 17 Europe: A Peninsula of Peninsulas?
Europe: A Peninsula of Peninsulas? OROR A Peninsula of Asia? Slide
18 Europe: An Asian Peninsula? Slide 19 Northern Peninsulas Jutland
Peninsula Scandinavian Peninsula Slide 20 Norwegian Fjords
eGlaciers cut deep valleys in the ocean during the Ice Age. e
Glaciers cut deep valleys in the ocean during the Ice Age. Slide 21
Southern Peninsulas Iberian Peninsula Italian Peninsula Balkan
Peninsula Anatolean Peninsula Crimean Peninsula Slide 22
PeninsulasPeninsulasPeninsulasPeninsulas
PeninsulasPeninsulasPeninsulasPeninsulas Scandinavian Pen. Jutland
Pen. Iberian Pen. Italian Pen.Balkan Pen. Anatolean Pen. Crimean
Pen. Peloponnesian Pen. Slide 23 Reykjavik, Iceland: The Youngest
Oldest Country e Volcanoes e Hot Springs e Geysers Slide 24 The
British Isles Slide 25 Mediterranean Islands e Generally rugged
& mountainous. e Mediterranean Sea so polluted (will take 1000
years to clean up). Sardinia Cyprus Malta Slide 26 Mt. Etna, Sicily
e An active volcano Slide 27 Mt. Vesuvius, Italy e 1944 eruption e
Pompeii, 79 CE e Herculaneum, 79 CE Slide 28
Moutains&PeaksMoutains&PeaksMoutains&PeaksMoutains&Peaks
Moutains&PeaksMoutains&PeaksMoutains&PeaksMoutains&Peaks
Alps Mts. Pyrennes Mts. Apennines Mts. Dinaric Alps Carpathian Mts.
Caucasus Mts. Ural Mts. Mt. Etna ^ Mt. Vesuvius ^ Mt. Olympus ^
Slide 29 ElevationElevation Alps Carpathians Caucasus Urals
Pyrennes Apennines Slide 30 The Alps e Cover most of Switzerland,
Austria, and parts of Italy and France. Slide 31 Mt. Blanc in the
Alps e Highest mountain in the Alps: 15,771 feet Slide 32 The
Caucasus Mountains e The origin of the word Caucasian. Slide 33
Transylvania in the Carpathian Mountains e Home of Vlad Tepe, the
Drakul (Count Dracula) Slide 34 Ural Mountains: The Great Divide e
Divides the European and Asian sections of Russia. 1500 miles Slide
35 The Ural Mountains Slide 36 PlainsPlainsPlainsPlains
PlainsPlainsPlainsPlains Northern European Plain Steppes Siberian
Lowlands Slide 37 Slide 38 RESOURCESRESOURCESRESOURCESRESOURCES
RESOURCESRESOURCESRESOURCESRESOURCES Slide 39 Major Industrial
Resources Slide 40 B o d i e s of W a t e r B o d i e s of W a t e
r Mediterranean Sea North Sea Atlantic Ocean Baltic Sea Black Sea
Aegean Sea Adriatic Sea Tyrrhenian Sea Bay of Biscay Strait of
Gibraltar Dardanelles Strait Arctic Ocean English Channel Caspian
Sea Slide 41 Europe as a Queen Munster, 1588jfkjfjkjkjkjkj kj
Europe as a Queen Munster, 1588jfkjfjkjkjkjkj kj Slide 42 Europes
Latitude v. US Slide 43 Former Soviet Region Compared in Latitude
& Area with the United States Slide 44 3,800 square miles Slide
45 Slide 46 Whats the answer ?? Slide 47 The Mediterranean Sea:
Mare Nostrum e 2,400 miles long & 1,000 miles wide e Crossroads
of 3 Continents Caesarea on the Israeli coast Strait of Gibraltar
& the Pillars of Hercules Slide 48 The Netherlands: The Dagger
Pointing at the Heart of Britain! Slide 49
PlateausPlateausPlateausPlateaus PlateausPlateausPlateausPlateaus
Meseta Slide 50 CompletedCompletedMapMapCompletedCompletedMapMap
CompletedCompletedMapMapCompletedCompletedMapMap North Sea Atlantic
Ocean Baltic Sea Black Sea Aegean Sea Adriatic Sea Tyrrhenian Sea
Bay of Biscay Strait of Gibraltar Dardanelles Strait Arctic Ocean
English Channel Caspian Sea Danube R. Seine R. Rhine R. Loire R. Po
R. Tiber R. Tagus R. Thames R. Elbe R. Oder R. Vistula R. Dnieper
R. Volga R. Don R. Ebro R. Alps Mts. Pyrennes Mts. Apennines Mts.
Dinaric Alps Carpathian Mts. Caucasus Mts. Ural Mts. Mt. Etna ^ Mt.
Vesuvius ^ Mt. Olympus ^ Siberian Lowlands Northern European Plain
Steppes Scandinavian Pen. Jutland Pen. Iberian Pen. Crimean Pen.
Balkan Pen. Anatolean Pen. Peloponnesian Pen. Italian Pen. Slide 51
10,000 BCE Ice Age Slide 52 Earthquake Zones Slide 53 Slide 54
Eastern Europe Slide 55 Russias 10 Time Zones Slide 56 Siberia
--> Permafrost eAverage temperatures of January vary from 0 to
-50C, and in July from 1 to 25C e Average temperatures of January
vary from 0 to -50C, and in July from 1 to 25C e 150,000,000
population. e A former gulag Soviet prison camp. Slide 57 Lake
Baikal, Siberia e The oldest and deepest lake in the world. e 20%
of the worlds total unfrozen water supply. Slide 58 Trans-Siberian
Railroad e Completed in 1905. Slide 59 Trans-Siberian Railroad The
main line runs 5,785 miles. Slide 60 Slide 61 Europes Latitude v.
US Slide 62 ClimateClimate Slide 63 Average Annual Precipitation
Slide 64 Slide 65 Europes Natural Regions Slide 66 The North
European Plain Slide 67 The Northern European Plain --> An
Invasion Route into Asia (& Vice Versa?) Slide 68 Steppes:
Soviet Breadbasket Slide 69 The Steppes e 25% of the old Soviet
Unions food supply. Slide 70 Major Regional Divisions of the Former
U. S. S. R. Chernozen Soil Slide 71 Germanys Black Forest Slide 72
Slide 73 Tundra: The Not-So-Barren Land Below the Arctic Circle
Slide 74 LandLandUseUseLandLandUseUse LandLandUseUseLandLandUseUse
Slide 75 Agricultural Activity Slide 76 Oil Export Routes in the
Caucasus Area Slide 77 Slide 78 Major Environmental Disasters &
Pollution Problems Slide 79 Acid Rain Slide 80 Slide 81 World
Population by Continents Asia3,737,000,000 Africa823,000,000
Europe729,000,000 North America 486,000,000 South America
351,000,000 Oceania (incl. Australia) Oceania (incl. Australia)
31,000,000 Antarctica no permanent population Slide 82 Population
Density [People Per Square Mile] Belgium336.82Mexico52.15
Japan336.72 United States 29.77 India336.62World14.42 United
Kingdom 244.69Norway14.42 Italy192.96Canada 3.36 France108.09Russia
8.61 Slide 83 Population Distribution Slide 84 Population Growth
Slide 85 Members of the Indo-European Language Family Slide 86
Major Religious Groups in Europe Slide 87
