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2. What’s our continent like?
Arctic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Asia
Black Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Europe is the second smallest continent in the world. It’s in the Northern Hemisphere.

3. What’s Europe’s relief like?

4. What mountain ranges are there?
The Ural Mountains are in Russia. They form a natural border between Europe and Asia. They’re Europe’s longest mountain range.
The Alps are Europe’s highest mountain range. They’re in seven different European countries.
The Scandinavian Mountains are on a peninsula in the north of Europe. They’re one of the oldest mountain ranges in the world.

5. What rivers are there?
The Volga is in Russia. It’s Europe’s longest river. It’s about km long.
The Danube is the second longest river in Europe. It flows through ten European countries.
The Rhine starts in the Alps, and it flows into the North Sea. It flows through six countries

6. What countries are there in Europe?

7. What do we know about these countries?
Austria is in the centre of Europe. It doesn’t have a coast, but it has many mountains, forests and lakes.
Italy is a peninsula in the south of Europe. It also has two islands, Sardinia and Sicily.
Finland is in the north of Europe. It’s between Sweden and Russia.
Portugal is in the south of Europe. It’s part of the Iberian Peninsula.

8. What have we learnt? Mountain ranges in Europe include…
the Ural Mountains
the Alps
the Scandinavian Mountains
the Caucasus
the Carpathian Mountains
the Apennines

9. What have we learnt? Rivers in Europe include… the Elbe the Volga
the Po
the Danube
the Dnieper
the Rhine
the Rhone

10. What have we learnt? Countries in Europe include… The UK Finland
Portugal
Austria
Italy
Russia
Ireland
France
Germany
Spain
Greece
Poland