social

sciences 6
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Where is Europe?

Europe covers only 7% of the Earth’s

land surface.

Europe has different

time zones.

The main time zones are: Greenwich Mean Time for the United
Kingdom, Ireland and Portugal, Central European Time for central
European countries, Eastern European Time and Moscow Standard
Time.
What are Europe’s rivers and lakes like?

Lots of rivers and their tributaries cross

the European continent. There are also
lakes and glaciers.

The biggest rivers in Europe are the

Danube and the Rhine. They can
transport people and goods.

Water forms a lake when it is collected in a basin or depression.

Lakes receive rainfall and are fed by rivers which flow into them.
What’s Europe’s relief like?

The North European Plain is a

huge expanse of lowland or
plain.

The Alps are the most important mountain range in

Europe. Europe’s highest mountain is Mont Blanc.
What’s Europe’s coastline like?

Europe’s main southern Some of Europe’s Important European

peninsulas are the Iberian islands, such as capes include
Peninsula, the Italian Iceland, Ireland, Capes San Vincent
Peninsula, the Balkan Cyprus and Malta, and Roca in
Peninsula, the are countries. Portugal, Fisterra
Peloponnese Peninsula, and Cabo de Gata
the Crimean Peninsula in Spain.
and the Scandinavian
Peninsula.
What are other coastal landforms like?

Other coastal landforms include gulfs and bays. Fjords

and rias are inlets in the coast. Fjords were formed by
glaciers and rias are river valleys flooded by rising sea
levels.
What have we learnt?

The main time zones in Europe are…

Central Eastern Moscow

Greenwich
European European Standard
Mean Time
Time Time Time
What have we learnt?

Europe’s rivers …

and their include the

tributaries Danube and feed
cross the the Rhine Europe’s
European which are lakes.
continent navigable.
What have we learnt?

The highest mountain and the most important mountain

range in Europe are…

Mont Blanc Alps

What have we learnt?

Europe’s southern peninsulas are…

Italian Peloponnese
Peninsula Peninsula

Iberian Balkan Crimean

Peninsula Peninsula Peninsula
What have we learnt?

Europe’s coastal landforms are …

bays capes

islands
fjords

gulfs
rias