Geo of Europe
Europe and Russia sit on this huge landmass that reaches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
What is Eurasia?
The Danube flows through this many countries, more than any other major river in the world.
What is 10?
Sacramento shares this climate with southern Europe: long, hot, dry summers and short, mild winters.
What is Mediterranean?
This is the most common vegetation zone in Europe and Russia.
What are forests?
London
What is the United Kingdom?
Among the world's continents, Europe ranks this in size.
What is the 2nd smallest?
The Rhine River valley is one of the world's most productive areas for these two activities.
What are farming and industry?
Found in or close to the sea, this type of climate stays about the same temperature all year thanks to ocean winds and warm currents.
What is a marine climate?
Broad, flat leaves that drop each fall are the mark of this type of forest.
What is deciduous?
Stockholm
What is Sweden?
This mountain range separates France and Spain.
What are the Pyrenees?
East of the Urals, this huge flat area of Siberia is dotted with lakes and swamps.
What is the West Siberian Plain?
Inland and far from the sea, this type of climate has hotter summers and colder winters.
What is a continental climate?
Covering Mediterranean coasts, this vegetation of small trees and bushes has deep roots, thick bark, and small leaves; olive and cork trees are common.
What is chaparral?
Warsaw
What is Poland?
Running along 60°E, this mountain range divides Europe from Asia.
What are the Ural Mountains?
The world's oldest and deepest lake, it holds about one-fifth of Earth's fresh water.
What is Lake Baikal?
Along with latitude and relative location, these landforms, like the Alps and Carpathians, shape Europe's climate by blocking cold northern air.
What are mountain ranges?
One of Earth's largest forests, this vast, dark forest of cedar, fir, pine, and spruce stretches across most of Eurasia.
What is the taiga?
Copenhagen
What is Denmark?
Stretching almost 2,500 miles east to west, this is one of the largest flat areas on Earth.
What is the Northern European Plain?
With more than 100 volcanoes, this Russian peninsula has no roads or railroads connecting it to Siberia.
What is the Kamchatka Peninsula
Covering most of Siberia, this climate has long, very cold winters and summers too cool and short for farming.
What is subarctic?
These grassy plains of temperate grasslands are too dry for trees, and most have been plowed for farms.
What are the steppes?
Kyiv
What is Ukraine?