European Geography

3,800 square miles

Peninsulas  Europe is made up of six major peninsulas  Scandinavian Peninsula  Jutland Peninsula  Iberian Peninsula  Italian Peninsula  Balkan Peninsula  Crimean Peninsula

Scandinavian Peninsula Jutland Peninsula Iberian Peninsula Italian Peninsula Balkan Peninsula Crimean Peninsula

Europe's Major Rivers  Like most population around the world, Europeans build many of their major cities on rivers.  The two longest rivers are the  Danube River  Volga River  Rhine River

 Why do people build around river?

Danube River 1770 miles

e Flows through the 12 countries of Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Romania, and the Ukraine.

Volga River 2,300 miles

Capitals on the Rivers Paris, right bank of the Seine London on the Thames Prague on the Vltava Budapest on the Danube

Capitals on the Rivers Berlin on the Spree Moscow on the Moscow River Rome on the Tiber Vienna on the Danube

Mountain Ranges  There are several mountain ranges that cover the European landscape.  The Alps  The Caucasus  The Carpathian  The Urals  The Pryenees

The Great Divide e The Urals divides the European and Asian sections of Russia.