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1ºESO IES Camilo José Cela
Teacher: Rocío Bautista
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS: Located between...:
North: Arctic Ocean
West: Atlantic Ocean
South: Africa
East: Asia
Separated from Asia by: Ural Mts, Caspian Sea and Black Sea.
Separated from Africa by: Mediterranean Sea and Strait of
Gibraltar.
Fifth largest continent (10.4 million km2).
EUROPEAN RELIEF: LOW average altitude = 340m
It has diverse landforms:
PLAINS: Great European Plain.
PLATEAUS & OLD MASSIFS:
- Plateaus: in the Iberian & Scandinavian Peninsulas.
- Old massifs: Scandinavian Mts., French Massif Central, Ural Mts.
YOUNG MOUNTAIN RANGES: Pyrenees, Alps, Apennines,
Carpathians, Caucasus.
Highest peak in Europe Mt. Elbrus (in the Caucasus)
EUROPEAN COASTS: They are very irregular (full of features):
PENINSULAS: Jutland, Iberian, Italian, Balkan.
GULFS: Finland, Biscay, Genoa.
ISLANDS: Iceland, Ireland, Great Britain, Balearic
Islands, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Malta, Cyprus...
EUROPEAN WATERS: LAKES:
◦ Many lakes in Sweden and Finland.
◦ Biggest lakes in Russia (Onega & Ladoga).
◦ Also important lakes in Central Europe (Leman & Constance).
RIVERS: many rivers; different characteristics:
ARCTIC OCEAN ATLANTIC
OCEAN
MEDITERRANEAN
SEA
CONTINENTAL
RIVERS
CH
AR
AC
TE
RIS
TIC
S
Long
Strong & irregular
flow (frozen in winter;
more water in spring
due to the thaw)
Long
Strong &
regular flow.
Navigable
Short
Weak & irregular
flow.
Long
Strong & regular
flow.
Navigable
EX
AM
PL
ES
Pechora Loire, Seine,
Rhine, Elbe…
Ebro, Rhone,
Po…
ej: Danube (Black
Sea), Volga & Ural
(Caspian sea)
RELIEF FEATURES
PLAINS
MOUNTAIN RANGES
PEAKS
Mont
Blanc
Etna
Elbrus
COASTAL FEATURES
PENINSULAS
Mont
Blanc
Etna
Elbrus
Jutland
Pen.
Kola
Pen.
GULFS/BAYS
Mont
Blanc
Etna
Elbrus
Jutland
Pen.
Kola
Pen.
CAPES
Mont
Blanc
Etna
Elbrus
Jutland
Pen.
Kola
Pen.
ISLANDS
Mont
Blanc
Etna
Elbrus
Jutland
Pen.
Kola
Pen.
BRITISH ISLES
Ireland Great
Britain
32.
32. Balearic Islands
33 Corsica
34. Sardinia
35. Sicily
36. Malta
37. Crete
38. Cyprus
33.
34.
35.
36. 37.
38.
STRAITS
Mont
Blanc
Etna
Elbrus
Jutland
Pen.
Kola
Pen.
BRITISH ISLES
Ireland Great
Britain
32.
33.
34.
35.
36. 37.
38.
Strait of Gibraltar
42.
41. Dardanelles Strait
42. Bosphorus Strait
32. Balearic Islands
33 Corsica
34. Sardinia
35. Sicily
36. Malta
37. Crete
38. Cyprus
41.
EUROPEAN WATERS
OCEANS
Mont
Blanc
Etna
Elbrus
Jutland
Pen.
Kola
Pen.
BRITISH ISLES
Ireland Great
Britain
32.
33.
34.
35.
36. 37.
38.
Strait of Gibraltar
42.
41. Dardanelles Strait
42. Bosphorus Strait
32. Balearic Islands
33 Corsica
34. Sardinia
35. Sicily
36. Malta
37. Crete
38. Cyprus
41.
A R C T I C O C E A N
SEAS
Mont
Blanc
Etna
Elbrus
Jutland
Pen.
Kola
Pen.
BRITISH ISLES
Ireland Great
Britain
32.
33.
34.
35.
36. 37.
38.
Strait of Gibraltar
42.
41. Dardanelles Strait
42. Bosphorus Strait
32. Balearic Islands
33 Corsica
34. Sardinia
35. Sicily
36. Malta
37. Crete
38. Cyprus
41.
A R C T I C O C E A N
Ionian
Sea
SUBDIVISION OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA
RIVERS
Mont
Blanc
Etna
Elbrus
Jutland
Pen.
Kola
Pen.
BRITISH ISLES
Ireland Great
Britain
32.
33.
34.
35.
36. 37.
38.
Strait of Gibraltar
42.
41. Dardanelles Strait
42. Bosphorus Strait
32. Balearic Islands
33 Corsica
34. Sardinia
35. Sicily
36. Malta
37. Crete
38. Cyprus
41.
A R C T I C O C E A N
Ionian
Sea
LAKES
Mont
Blanc
Etna
Elbrus
Jutland
Pen.
Kola
Pen.
BRITISH ISLES
Ireland Great
Britain
32.
33.
34.
35.
36. 37.
38.
Strait of Gibraltar
42.
41. Dardanelles Strait
42. Bosphorus Strait
32. Balearic Islands
33 Corsica
34. Sardinia
35. Sicily
36. Malta
37. Crete
38. Cyprus
41.
A R C T I C O C E A N
Ionian
Sea
