Europe Flashcards
How many countries are there in Europe
44 countries
Largest country in Europe
Russia
Smallest country in Europe
Vatican City
Scandinavian countries
Denmark Norway Finland Iceland Sweden
Benelux countries
Belgium Netherlands Luxembourg
Other name for Netherlands
Holland
Countries in western Europe
France Ireland and UK
Countries that form the iberian Peninsula
Spain and Portugal
Extent of Europe
36 degrees north to 72 degrees north
25 degrees West to 60 degrees East
Northernmost point of mainland Europe
Cape Nordkinn or kinnarodden
Countries that form the apennine Peninsula
Italy Vatican City and San Marino
Central Europe countries
Germany Poland Czech republic
Eastern Europe
Russia Belarus
Baltic States
Estonia Latvia Lithuania
Balkan States
Greece Romania
What are the physical divisions of Europe
North Western highlands
Central plains
Central uplands
Southern mountain system
Mountains part of North Western highlands
Ural mountains
Scandinavian mountains
mountains of Britain
Baltic shield
Finland is also called__________
Land of thousand lakes
What is fennoscandia
It includes Scandinavian Peninsula
Finland
kola Peninsula
What is Baltic shield
The highland around the Baltic sea
Extent of Central uplands
They lie between north European planes and the alpine mountain system
Countries through which Central upland passes through
Spain France Germany and Poland
Plateaus that are part of Central uplands
Meseta in Spain
Central massif and Vosges in France
The black forest in Germany
Block mountains part of Central uplands
The meseta in Spain
The central massif and Vosges in France
The black forest in Germany
Rivers that flow through Central uplands
Rhine and Rhone
Southern mountain system consists of
Southern chain of Peninsula
Alpine mountain system
Info about ural mountains
Separate Europe from Asia in the East
These mountains are very low and They diffuse in the south
There 220 kilometres long
What is r Ria coast
Ria coast is where hills rise almost at the coast
Information about mountains of Britain
It includes mountains of Scotland and pennines
These mountains are made of old crystalline rocks the mountains have u shaped valley and rounded peaks
Info about Baltic shield
Highland around Baltic sea is called Baltic shield
It is made of metamorphic rocks and igneous rocks
Categories of European drainage system
Rivers in the west
Rivers in the East
Scandinavian highland rivers
Name the rivers in the west
Rhine Rhone Loire Seine Po
Name the rivers in the East
Dneiper dniester Don Volga dvina
Name the Scandinavian highland rivers
Pechora and Mezen
Why are rivers in the West more useful for navigation than the rivers in the East
During winter the rivers in the east freeze
Hence rivers in the west are useful for navigation
Why do rivers in the east freeze during winter
They are closer to north pole and the temperature goes below freezing point
Name the important lakes of Europe
Lake ladoga and lake onega in Russia
Lake Geneva in Switzerland
Largest freshwater lake in Europe
Lake ladoga in Russia
Which rivers are used to to generate hydroelectricity
The Scandinavian highland rivers namely pechora and Mezen
Where is the midnight Sun
North Cape
Association of European Nations is called
European union
EU
Number of countries part of European union
28
What are fjords
Water base that have penetrated into the land of Norway and was found by glacial erosion
Other name for North Western highlands
Caledonian mountain system
Types of rocks present in North Western highlands
Sedimentary metamorphic igneous form by glacier erosion
Describe the northwestern highlands
Rounded and smooth mountain tops
Broad valleys
Where are fjords present
Coastline of Norway
Other name for central plains
North European plains
Type of Rock that Central plains are made of
Sedimentary rock
Two parts of Central plains
Russian plains and western and mid European plains
What is steppelands
Large area of an forested grassland in South East Europe or Siberia
It is rich soil and it is ideal for growing wheat
Why does Southern mountain system have both old and new mountains
Because it is affected by ancient and modern orogenic forces
What is orogenic forces
Structural deformation
Describe Southern mountain system
It has young fold mountains and volcanoes and the mountains run parallel to each other
Countries thru which Alps mountain passes thru
It passes through Switzerland Austria France Germany and Italy
mountain located between Black sea and Caspian sea
Caucasus
Mountains that apart of Northern branch
Carpathian mountains in Balkan mountains
Fold mountains formation
Movement of tectonic plates in horizontal direction which causes the earth to wrinkle
Type of Rock in Russian plain
Metamorphic rock
Extent of mid European plain
It extends from the marshes of Pripyat to England
Info about Central plains
Vast
low
gently flat plain
it extends from the Atlantic coast in the west to the ural mountains in the east and the north sea in the north and the southern mountains in the south
Name of few rivers of north European plains
Don Rhine Seine Volga Danube Dnieper Thames
Plains drained by rivers in Central plains
London and Paris basins
plains of lombardy in Italy
