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Physical and Human Characteristics of Europe Europe, World War I World War II Europe Europe Today Landforms of Europe • The Alps The Alps The Pyrenees Rivers in Europe Danube River • Second Longest River in Europe • Starts in Germany Volga River • Longest River in Europe Europe’s Landscape • Mountains in Europe are less steep and more rounded due to Glaciation • Glaciation: The process in which glaciers are formed and spread • Southern edge of Europe is fertile due to LOESS • Loess: A fine, rich, wind-borne soil left by glaciers Problems in Europe • 25 % of the Netherlands is below sea level • Dike System • Large banks of earth and stone to hold out water Dutch Polder System • Polder: Reclaimed Lands protected by Dikes Number Heads Together • What are some of the benefits of the Dike/Polder system? What are some of the cons? Northern Peninsula • Peninsula: a region surrounded by water on 3 sides • Glaciation creates Fjords, long cut, narrow, steep sided inlets Jutland Peninsula Southern Peninsula Southern Peninsula • Iberian Peninsula: Spain and Portugal – Mostly Plateau – Cut off from the rest of Europe by the Pyrenees • Italian Peninsula European Islands • The British Isles • Iceland Iceland • Iceland Documentary Number Heads Together • What are some factors that lead make Iceland such an extreme climate? Influences on Climate • Altitude • Latitude • North Atlantic Current- Brings warm winds into the Europe during January, brings mild temperatures High Latitude Regions • Permafrost: Soil that is permanently frozen below the surface High Latitudinal Regions • Places like Sweden, Norway, Finland • Look and feel more like mid latitudinal climates because of currents bringing warm air and water Mid latitude Regions • Mistrals, Siroccos, and Foehns • Mistrals: a strong north wind from the Alps, sending gusts of bitterly cold air into southern France • Siroccos: Hot dry winds from North Africa • Foehns: Blow down from the mountains into valleys, can trigger avalanches Dry Climate Regions • Hungary, Serbia, Romania, Ukraine • The farther away from the Atlantic the dryer they get • The farther away from water the more extreme the temperature shifts Number Heads together • Why do large bodies of water, like the ocean, impact or change the climate? Islands Summary • Iceland: Volcanic, hot springs and geyzers; tundra climate, marine west coast climate • British Isles: Consist of Great Britain and Ireland, • Italian islands: Rugged mountains form islands from Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica, Crete, and Cyprus in the Mediterranean Sea Resources • • • • Petroleum Natural Gas Coal in the UK, Germany, Ukraine and Poland France invests heavily in Nuclear Power Peninsulas • They’re everywhere • Glaciation • Iberian Peninsula Rivers • Danube and Volga Rivers • Important for transportation and Urban development Northern European Plain • Western France, Through Poland, Ukraine and into Russia Mountains • • • • • The Alps and the Pyrenees Alps are young, high, and jagged Source of Europe’s major rivers Form natural barriers between countries Separate climates as well
