Download All about Europe - Mr. Welch: Geography!

GEO ENGAGE: 11/30
• Get out a piece of paper, title it “Europe Physical
Geography Group Loop”.
• What was the BEST thing you did over thanksgiving
break?
• What was the BEST thing you ate over thanksgiving
break?
EUROPE AND RUSSIA
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY GROUP LOOP
PHYSICAL GEO OF EUROPE
• Majority of Europe lies within 300 miles of the coast
• Some portions of Europe lie below sea level (the
Netherlands) so the Dutch built dikes: large banks of
earth and stone to hold back water from the North
Sea
• Polders - reclaimed lands which were once drained
and kept dry by windmills (now kept dry by other
power sources); land was used for farming and
settlement
SLIDE 1: COASTAL EUROPE
• #1. Copy these notes:
Majority of Europe lies
within 300 miles of the
coast
• #2. Define the following
terms:
• Dikes
• Polders
• #3. Why did the Dutch
build dikes?
• #4. Where in Europe do
people use polders?
PENINSULAS OF EUROPE
• Iberian peninsula
• Home to Spain and Portugal
• Pyrenees Mountains – northern part of the peninsula cuts off
Spain and Portugal from the rest of the continent
• The Apennine Peninsula
• Home to Italy
• Extends like a giant boot to the Mediterranean Sea
• Varying coastline from high, rocky cliffs, to long sandy
beaches
• Balkan Peninsula
• Southeastern Europe; bounded by the Adriatic and Ionian
Seas on the west & the Aegean and Black seas on the east
SLIDE 2: PENINSULAS OF EUROPE
• #5. Make a quick sketch of the following peninsulas:
a) Iberian Peninsula, b) Apennine Peninsula, and
c) Balkan Peninsula.
• #6. Identify the countries that make up each
peninsula & label the major bodies of water
surrounding each.
• #7. How do think this
physical feature
impacts the lives of
Europeans living
on one?
EUROPE’S ISLANDS
• Iceland – island located south of the Arctic Circle in
the North Atlantic Ocean (capital – Reykjavik)
• The British Isles – lie northwest of the European
mainland; consist of two large islands and
thousands of smaller islands
• Ireland & Great Britain – two large islands
• Islands of the Mediterranean Sea
• Formed by rugged mountains – Sicily, Corsica, Crete, and
Cyprus
SLIDE 3:
EUROPE’S ISLANDS
• #8. Describe the relative location of Iceland in 3
different ways.
• #9. What are the major islands that make up the
British Isles? What nations make up the UK? What is
the official name of the UK?
• #10. How were the islands of the Mediterranean
formed? Identify the five largest islands in the
Mediterranean in order from west to east.
THE MOUNTAINS OF EUROPE
• The Alps
• Forms a crescent from Southern France to the Balkan
Peninsula
• Mont Blanc – highest peak in the Alps; stands at 15,771 ft
high on the boarder of France and Italy
• Origin spot of the Rhine and Po rivers
• The Carpathians
• Mountain chain that runs through Eastern Europe from
Slovakia and Romania
SLIDE 4: MOUNTAINS OF EUROPE
• #11. What are the east
and west borders of
the Alps?
• #12. What is the highest
peak in the Alps? What
major rivers have their
source at this peak?
• #13. What is the major
mountain range that
runs through eastern
Europe? Identify the
two countries in which
this mountain range
starts and stops.
THE WATER
• Thames River – (England) allows ocean going ships
to reach the port of London
• The Rhine River- most important river in western
Europe; flows from Swiss Alps through France and
Germany and into the Netherlands, connecting
many industrial cities to the port of Rotterdam in the
North Sea
• The Danube – flows from Germany’s Black Forest to
the Black Sea (major waterway of Eastern Europe)
SLIDE 5: THE RIVERS
• #14. What is the
Thames located?
What major port city
benefits from this
river allowing for
ocean going ships
to reach its harbor?
• #15. Which river do
you think is the most
important in
Europe? Why did
you choose this
river?
• #16. Which river
flows from the Black
Forest of Germany
to the Black Sea?
Which region of
Europe benefits
most from this river?
TREES & HIGHLANDS
• Deciduous & Coniferous trees found
• Deciduous trees found in Marine West Coast Climates
• Coniferous trees found in Alps regions
• Timberline – the elevation in which above trees
cannot grow
• Foehns – dry winds that blow down from mountains
into plains and valleys which can cause avalanches
– destructive masses of ice, snow, and rock that
slide down a mountain side
SLIDE 6: CLIMATE & VEGETATION
• #17. Create a quick sketch of Europe. Shade in the following
climates: Mediterranean, Humid Subtropical, Humid
Continental, & Subarctic/Tundra
• #18. What is a timberline? What is a snowline?
• #19. What are Foehns?
• #20. What natural disaster is caused by Foehns? Draw this
natural disaster.
CLIMATE & VEGETATION
• Climate Regions
• Marine West Coast – majority of western Europe – mild
winders, cool summers, and abundant rainfall
• Mediterranean – southern Europe (near Mediterranean Sea)
• Humid Subtropical – small portion above Italy & Greece
• Humid Continental – Eastern Europe
• Subarctic & Tundra – Northern Europe in the Arctic Circle