PHYSICAL MAP OF THE CONTINENTS: EUROPE.

Location and limits.

Europe its the fifth largest continent with a surface of about 10 million square kilometers or a 7 per cent of the Earth's surface.

Location: is located between the Atlantic Ocean, the Artic Glacial Ocean, Asia and Africa.

It is separated from Asia by the  Ural Mountains, the River Ural, the Caspian Sea, the Caucasus and the Black Sea.

It is separated from Africa by the Mediterranean Sea.

Continental relief.

We can distinguish several types of relief:

• The Great European Plain. A huge plain that runs from Atlantic coast of France to the Ural Mouantins and it is triangular shaped.

Great European Plain, near Moscow.

• Several plateaus and massifs located in the north and the centre of Europe:

1. Plateaus: Finland, Sweeden.
2. Massifs: Scandivnavian Mountains, Ural Mountains, the Central Massif, the Jura and the Vosgues.

Norway, 4K

Flying over the Ural Mountains.

• A chain of young mountain ranges located in the south of the continent: Pyrenees, Alps, Apennines, Dinaric Alps, Balkans, Carphatian Mountains, Caucasus.

The Alps.

European rivers and lakes.

We can distinguish between the rivers that flow into the Atlantic Ocean and the rivers that flow into the Mediterranean, Black or Caspian Seas:

• Atlantic: Tagus, Garonne, Loire, Seine, Thames, Rhine and Elbe.
• Mediterranean:  Rhone, Tiber, Po; Black Sea; Danube, Dnieper, Don; Caspian: Volga and Ural.

European coasts and seas.

European coasts are very uneven and we can distinguish numerous:

• capes: North Cape, Finisterre, Cape St. Vincent.
• gulfs: Gulf of Finland, Gulf of Bothnia, Bay of Biscay, Gulf of Lion, Gulf of Genoa.
• peninsulas: Jutland, Iberian, Italian, Britanny and Balkan

The main islands and archipielagos are:

• islands: Iceland, Ireland, Great Britain, Sicily, etc.
• archipielagos: Madeira, Balearic and Canary islands.

Links:
Interactive game. European relief review.

Activities:

You can find the solutions here.

1. Identify the following landforms of the european, antarctic and oceanic relief:

With an A	A young mountain range located between the Italian peninsula and the rest of Europe.
With an A	A cape located in the Antarctic continent.
With a B	A big peninsula located in the south of Europe.
With a B	A young mountain range located in the Balkan Peninsula.
With a C	A peninsula located at north of Australia
With a D	One of the largest river in Europe. It flows into the Black Sea
With an E	The highest peak in Europe
With an F	A gulf located in the Baltic Sea
With a G	A gulf located next to the Italian peninsula
With a G	A huge plain that occupy most of the eastern europe.
With a G	A huge mountain range located in the eastern part of Australia.
Contains an H	A young mountain range located in the eastern part of Europe
With an H	A mountain range located in the western part of Australia
With an I	A big península located in the south of Europe. It has the shape of a boot.
With an I	An island located next to the western coast of the European continent. It is known as the “emerald island”.
With an J	An old massif located in the western part of Europe.
With a M	And old massif located in the western part of Europe
With an M	A mountain range located in the center of Australia
With an M	Another river located in Oceania
With an N	A sea located between Great Britain and the Scandinavian Peninsula.
With a P	A river located in the Italian peninsula
Contains a P	A river that flows into the Black Sea
With an R	A important european river that flows into the North Sea located between the rivers Seine and Elbe.
With an R	A sea located in the Antarctic continent
With an S	A river located in the western part of Europe. It flows into the Atlantic Ocean
With a T	A sea located between New Zealand and Australia
With a T	The largest river of the Iberian Peninsula
With a  U	A mountain range located between Asia and Europe.
With a V	The highest peak of the Antarctica continent.
With an V	The longest river in Europe. It flows into the Caspian Sea.

  

2. Identify the landforms highlighted in these maps.

3. HANGMAN.

And old massif located in the Scandinavian Peninsula.

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The highest peak in Europe.

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A big european island located in the Mediterranean Sea and triangular shaped.

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A gulf located between the Iberian Peninsula and the Britanny península.

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A cape located in the northern of the Scandinavian Peninsula.

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A sea located between the Italian Peninsula and the Balkan Peninsula.

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A river located in the italian península which flows into the Tyrrhenian sea.

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Extenal links:

Review game european relief.