2. Europe’s Latitude v. US

3. Former Soviet Region Compared in Latitude & Area with the United States

4. Satellite View of Europe

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8. B o d i e s of W a t e r B o d i e s of W a t e r Mediterranean Sea North Sea Atlantic Ocean Baltic Sea Black Sea Aegean Sea Adriatic Sea Tyrrhenian Sea Bay of Biscay Strait of Gibraltar Arctic Ocean English Channel Caspian Sea

9. The Mediterranean Sea: Mare Nostrum e 2,400 miles long & 1,000 miles wide e “Crossroads of 3 Continents” Strait of Gibraltar

10. RiversRiversRiversRivers RiversRiversRiversRivers Danube R. Seine R. Rhine R. Loire R. Tiber R. Thames R. Elbe R. Volga R.

11. The Danube River 1770 miles

12. The Danube River  Flows through 12 countries Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Romania, and the Ukraine.

13. The Volga River e The longest river in Europe --> 2,300 miles.

14. The Volga River e The river is so polluted that the sturgeon catch has been decreased by 60%.

15. Capitals on the Rivers (1) Paris, right bank of the Seine London on the Thames Prague on the Vltava Budapest on the Danube

16. Capitals on the Rivers (2) Berlin on the Spree Moscow on the Moscow River Rome on the Tiber Vienna on the Danube

17. Why are most of the capitals of Europe on major rivers??

18. What’s the answer ??

19. Answer:Answer: The people in the capitols needed water to survive!

20. Moutains&PeaksMoutains&PeaksMoutains&PeaksMoutains&Peaks Moutains&PeaksMoutains&PeaksMoutains&PeaksMoutains&Peaks Apennines Mts. Dinaric Alps Carpathian Mts. Caucasus Mts. Ural Mts. Alps Mts. Pyrennes Mts.

21. The Alps e Cover most of Switzerland, Austria, and parts of Italy and France.

22. The Caucasus Mountains e The origin of the word Caucasian.

23. The Carpathian Mountains e Home of Transylvania

24. Ural Mountains: “The Great Divide” e Divides the European and Asian sections of Russia. 1500 miles

25. The Ural Mountains

26. PlainsPlainsPlainsPlains PlainsPlainsPlainsPlains Northern European Plain Steppes Siberian Lowlands

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