Unit 6 Geographic Features of Europe

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UNIT 6: Geographic features of

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DESTINATIONS UNIT 6 : GEOGRAPHIC FEATURES OF EUROPE
1 GEOGRAPHICAL SITUATION.......................................................................3
2 COUNTRIES AND CAPITALS OF EUROPE.................................................4
3 RELIEF...............................................................................................................6
4 HYDROGRAPHIC NETWORK.....................................................................10
UNIT 6 TEST............................................................................................................11
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1 GEOGRAPHICAL SITUATION
The European continent is located in the northern hemisphere and it could be said that it
is like a peninsula of the Asian continent. It is separated from Asia by the Ural
mountains. With an extension of 10,395,469 square kilometers, It represents 7% of the
world's land surface. After Oceania, Europe is the smallest continent but the most
densely populated.
In terms of the geographical limits of Europe, it is limited: To

the North by the Arctic Ocean.
To the South by the Mediterranean Sea
To the East by the Ural mountains, Caspian Sea, Caucasus and Ural river. To the
West with the Atlantic Ocean.
The extreme points of Europe taking into account only the continental mass without
taking into account the islands are:
North: Cape North in Norway
South; tip of tariff in Spain
East: coast of the sea kara in Russia
West: cape of rock in Portugal
Europe is surrounded by oceans, the Arctic Ocean to the North and the Atlantic
Ocean to the West. The Atlantic ocean is divided into the Cantabrian, Celtic,
North, Norwegian, Baltic and White seas. In the Arctic Ocean lies the
Barents Sea and kara. In the Mediterranean it has the Ligurian, Tyrrhenian,
Ionian Adriatic, Aegean, Marmara, Black and Azov seas.
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Europe is separated from the African continent by the Strait of Gibraltar and by the
channel of Sicily
2 COUNTRIES AND CAPITALS OF EUROPE
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Country Capital
Albania Tirana
Andorra Andorra La Vella
Austria Vienna
Belarus Minsk
Belgium Brussels
Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo
Bulgaria Sofia
Croatia Zagreb
Czech Republic Prague
Denmark Copenhagen
Estonia Tallinn
Finland Helsinki
France Paris
Germany Berlin
Greece Athens
Holy See Vatican City
Hungary Budapest
Iceland Reykjavik
Ireland Dublin
Italy Rome
Latvia Riga
Liechtenstein Vaduz
Lithuania Vilnius
Luxembourg Luxembourg
Macedonia Skopje
Malta Valletta
Moldova Chisinau
Monaco Monaco
Montenegro Podgorica
Netherlands Amsterdam
Norway Oslo
Poland Warsaw
Portugal Lisbon
Romania Bucharest
Russia Moscow
San Marino San Marino
Serbia Belgrade
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Country Capital
Slovakia Bratislava
Slovenia Ljubljana
Spain Madrid
Sweden Stockholm
Switzerland Berne
Ukraine Kyiv
United Kingdom London
3 RELIEF
Europe has very varied landscapes and climates that are partly due to the diversity of its
relief.
There are different relief units in Europe below are the main ones:
 The great European plain
 Alps
 Massif Central
 Vosges
 Apennines
 Black Forest
 Dinaric Alps
 Carpathians
 Balkans
 Caucasus
 Mountains Taurus
 Grampian Mountains
 Scandinavian Mountains
 Ural Mountains
When talking about the European relief we should not forget the main gulfs and capes
of the continent.
 Gulfs: Gulf of Bothnia between Sweden and Finland, Gulf of Finland
between Russia, Finland and Estonia, Gulf of Riga between Latvia and
Estonia, Bay of Biscay between France and Spain, Gulf of León in France,
Gulf of Cádiz in Spain, Gulfs of Genoa, Taranto and Venice in Italy
and Gulf of Corinth in Greece.
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 Capes: North Cape in Norway, Cape Land´s End in England, United

Kingdom, Dunnet Point in Scotland, United Kingdom, Cape Finisterre
and Touriñán in Spain, Cape Roca and San Vicente in Portugal, Punta
Pezzo, Cape Otranto and Cape Santa Maria de Leuca in Italy , Punta
del Faro in Sicily and Cape Matapán in Greece.
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 The most prominent peninsulas in Europe are Scandinavian, Kola,

Jutlandia, Brittany, Iberian, Italic, Balkan, and Crimea.
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The coastline of Europe presents a set of coastlines with very accidental shapes. The
length of the coastline is about 38,000 km. The characteristics of its coastlines can be
grouped according to the ocean or sea it bathes, thus we have:
 The Arctic Ocean coastline. It is a coast that remains constantly frozen.
 The coasts of the Atlantic Ocean: The best landscapes can be found in
the long inlets called fjords. Those of Norway or Sweden are splendid. We
highlight the Canary Islands on this coast de la Luz in Spain, the Algarve in
Portugal, the northern coasts of Spain, the Emerald Coast or Normandy in
France.
 The Mediterranean coast: the Levante and the Balearic Islands in Spain,
the Costa Azul in France, the Costa Smeralda in Sardinia, Liguria in Italy, the
Mirambello coast in Crete, the Attica coast in Greece, the Turquoise Coast in
Turkey.
4 HYDROGRAPHIC NETWORK
Europe has a large number of rivers. All of them pour their waters into the different
seas and oceans that the continent has. These slopes with their main rivers are:
 Atlantic Ocean: the rivers Guadalquivir, Guadiana, Tajo, Duero,
Garona, Loire and Seine flow into
 The North Sea flow into the rivers Thames, Meuse, Rhine, Weser,
and Elbe.
 Baltic Sea: flow into the rivers Oder, Vistula, Nemen, Western Dvina
and Torne.
 The White Sea: flow into the Northern Dvina, Onega and Mezen.
 Barents Sea where the Pechora river flows.
 Mediterranean Sea: where the Ebro, Rhône, Tiber and Po rivers flow
into.
 Black sea: where the Danube, the Dniester, the Dnieper and the Bug
flow into.
 Azov sea: the Don and Kuban rivers flow
 Caspian Sea: flows into the Volga, the Kura and the Ural
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UNIT 6 TEST:
1 In the Atlantic Ocean are the following seas:

1.a Liguria, Tyrrhenian, Adriatic, Ionian, Aegean and black.
1.b Cantabrian, Celtic, North, Norwegian, Baltic and White.
1.c Barents, Kara and Bering.
1.d None of the above is correct.
2 Vaduz is the capital of:
2.a Liechtenstein
2.b Bosnia and Herzegovina
2.c Moldova
2.d Serbia
3 Gulf of Riga is situated:
3.a Between Sweden and Finland.
3.b Between Latvia and Estonia
3.c Between France and Spain.
3.d Between Russia and Estonia
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4 It is a coast of the Mediterranean sea:

4.a Algarve
4.b Canary islands
4.c Fjords
4.d Mirambello coast
5 The oder river flows into:
5.a North sea
5.b The Mediterranean sea
5.c The Baltic sea
5.d The Barents sea
6 Punta Pezzo, Cape Otranto and Cape Santa Maria de Leuca are in:
6.a Italy
6.b Sicily
6.c Greece
6.d Portugal
7 North cape is situated in:
7.a Finland
7.b Denmark
7.c Sweden
7.d Norway
8 Cape Roca and San Vicente are in:
8.a Spain
8.b Portugal
8.c Italy
8.d Sicily
9 The length of the coastline of Europe is about:
a. 28,000 km
b. 48,000 km
c. 38,000 km
d. 58,000 km
10 It flows into the Caspian sea:
10.a Volga
10.b Danube
10.c Po
10.d Rin
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UNIT 6: Geographic features of

In terms of the geographical limits of Europe, it is limited: To

2 COUNTRIES AND CAPITALS OF EUROPE

 Capes: North Cape in Norway, Cape Land´s End in England, United

 The most prominent peninsulas in Europe are Scandinavian, Kola,

1 In the Atlantic Ocean are the following seas:

4 It is a coast of the Mediterranean sea:

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