Europa Física

Physical geography of Europe
Physical Geography of Europe
The Seas and the Coasts The Orography
The Lakes and the Rivers The Climate and Vegetation

World Map Continents
EURASIA
EUROPE ASIA
A great
peninsula
of Asia
The Seas and the Coasts

Greenland Sea ARCTIC OCEAN Sea of
Barents
White Sea
Norwegian Sea
SEAS AND OCEANS
Skagerrak and Kattegat AROUND EUROPE
Baltic STRAITS
ATLANTIC Sea
OCEAN North
Sea
Irish resund
Sea of
Sea Azov
English Channel Caspian
Sea
Cantabrian
Sea
Ad Bosphorus Black Sea
Ligurian ria and
tic
Sea Se Dardanelles Sea of
a Marmara
Gibraltar Tyrrhenian
Sea Otranto Aegean
Mediterranean Sea Sea
Ionian Sea Sea of
Messina Crete
Kola
Scandinavian
EUROPEAN
PENINSULAS
Jutland
Crimea
Iberian
Italian Balkan
Peloponnese
ICELAND
Feroe Islands
Shetland
Islands EUROPEAN
Orkney Islands ARCHIPELAGOS
land AND ISLANDS
Hebrides
Islands Saaremaa
BRITISH ISLES
Gotland
Ireland Great
Britain Zealand
Channel
Islands
Corsica
BALEARIC Sardinia
ISLANDS
AEGEAN
Sicily ISLANDS Cyprus
Malta Crete
Reykjavik North
CAPES OF EUROPE
ia
thn
Bo
in la nd
F GULFS AND BAYS
Riga OF EUROPE
Land's End
Pointe Saint-
Mathieu
Finisterre Bay of
Biscay
Rock Lio Genoa

n Tarento
Cadiz
Spartivento
St.
Vincent
Matapan
The seas and the Coasts

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MAIN MENU OROGRAPHY

Orography
PLAINS AND PLATEAUS
ns i
nta
MOUNTAIN RANGES
Ur
ou
al
nM
Mo
MAIN PEAKS
via
un
tai
a
din
ns
Galdhpiggen East European
an
Plain
Sc
2,469 m
Highlands
LA IN
P
EAN
R OP
T EU
North European EA
Plain GR
Massif Carpathian Elbruz Caucasus

Central Alps D ina Mountains 5,642 m Mountains
Pyre ric
nee Mont Blanc Al
Meseta s 4,810m p A ps nt a ins
en
a n Mou
Central ins Balk
Mount
Mulhacen Olympus
3,478 m 2,917 m
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MAIN MENU RIVERS & LAKES

The Lakes and the Rivers

RIVERS OF EUROPE
BASINS OF EUROPE
River basins' features
Arctic long rivers, regular course, frozen in winter
Atlantic & Baltic short, high volume of water
Mediterranean short, irregular
Black & Caspian long and regular

Main rivers in Europe
VOLGA DANUBE RHINE

Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein,
Russia Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Germany, France, The Netherlands
Moldova, Ukraine
Valdai Hills (Russia) Black Forest (Germany) Alps (Switzerland)

Astrakhan (Caspian Sea) Danube Delta (Black Sea) Rhein Delta (North Sea)
3,645 km (longest) 2,860 km (second longest) 1,230 km (not too long)
1,350,000 km2 (river bassin) 817,000 km2 (river bassin) 185,000 km2 (river bassin)
Vienna, Budapest, Cologne, Strasbourg,
Volgograd, Kazan
Belgrade, Bratislava Dsseldorf
EUROPEAN
LAKES GREAT LAKES
ALPINE LAKES
Constanza
Geneva
The Lakes and the Rivers

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MAIN MENU CLIMATE

Climates and vegetation of Europe

CLIMATES OF EUROPE
Mediterranean climate
Temperatures Precipitation
High in summer Scarce in summer
Low rainfall (draught)
Mild in winter
Adequate in winter
Cold drop (autumn)
Vegetation
Bushes
Holm oaks
Oaks
Pines
Oceanic climate
Mild in summer Abundant
Low in winter Regular
Vegetation
Meadows
Deciduous forest
Oaks, beech
Continental climate
High in summer Abundant in summer
Low in winter
Vegetation
Grass
Evergreen trees
Taiga (near arctic)
Poor soil
Polar climate
Low in summer Scarce
Very low in winter
Vegetation
Very scarce
Mosses, lichens
Small shrubs
Tundra
Mountain climate
Cool in summer Abundant
Very low in winter
Vegetation
Scarce
Mosses, lichens
Small shrubs
Tundra
Steppe climate
Extreme Very scarce
High in summer
Cold in winter
Vegetation
Plants adapted to the
scarcity of water
Grasslands
Shrublands
What climate are these climograms?
Steppe / Desert Oceanic Continental
Mediterranean Polar Mountain

Climates and vegetation of Europe

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Physical geography of Europe

Physical Geography of Europe

The Seas and the Coasts The Orography

The Lakes and the Rivers The Climate and Vegetation

The Seas and the Coasts

Rock Lio Genoa

The seas and the Coasts

MAIN MENU OROGRAPHY

Massif Carpathian Elbruz Caucasus

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MAIN MENU RIVERS & LAKES

The Lakes and the Rivers

Arctic long rivers, regular course, frozen in winter

Atlantic & Baltic short, high volume of water

Mediterranean short, irregular

Black & Caspian long and regular

VOLGA DANUBE RHINE

Valdai Hills (Russia) Black Forest (Germany) Alps (Switzerland)

The Lakes and the Rivers

MAIN MENU CLIMATE

Climates and vegetation of Europe

Steppe / Desert Oceanic Continental

Mediterranean Polar Mountain

Climates and vegetation of Europe

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The Seas and the Coasts The Orography

The Lakes and the Rivers The Climate and Vegetation

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