Europe the contintent

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VMS Library 2008-2009

Europe The Continent Series

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Satellite View

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Longitude / Latitude

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Europe’s Latitude vs. US

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3,800 square miles

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Regions

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Northern Peninsulas

Jutland Peninsula

Scandinavian Peninsula

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Southern Peninsulas

Iberian Peninsula

Italian Peninsula

Balkan Peninsula

AnatoleanPeninsula

Crimean Peninsula

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Mediterranean Sea:

2,400 miles long & 1,000 miles wide

“Crossroads of 3 Continents”

Strait of Gibraltar & the “Pillars of Hercules”

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Rivers

Po R.

Tiber R.

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The Danube River

1770 miles

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The Danube River

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

Where Buda & Pest Meet

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The Alps

Cover most of Switzerland, Austria, and parts of Italy and France.

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Mt. Blanc in the Alps

Highest mountain in the Alps: 15,771 feet

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Ural Mountains:The Great Divide

Divides the European and Asian sections of Russia.

1500 miles

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The Ural Mountains

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The benelux Countries

Belgium

Netherlands

Luxembourg

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Holland’s Dikes